MALACCA: Underwater drones may have successfully found the 16th-century Portuguese vessel Flor De La Mar, which is believed to have sailed from Malacca with stolen treasure from the sultanate when it sank.
At least two underwater salvage companies have claimed that the galleon that sank during a storm circa 1512 has been sighted in Java Sea, close to Semarang in Indonesia.
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DIVERS started work on the hull of the Kursk at the weekend as robots made way for humans in the operation to raise the wrecked Russian nuclear submarine.
The divers began marking sections for drilling holes for the cables that will lift the vessel to the surface, and inspected the bow section which will be cut off and left on the sea bed.
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The Kursk nuclear submarine was successfully raised from the Barents sea floor today, more than a year after it became a tomb for its 118 crew.
In an audacious 15-hour operation costing the Russian government £44m, a Dutch-led international consortium pulled the Kursk to a giant barge for transportation to a dry dock.
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Vice-Admiral Yevgeni Chernov knows the pain and anguish of losing a nuclear submarine. Once, as commander of the 1st Nuclear Submarine Flotilla of the Soviet Union's Northern Fleet, Chernov kept his flag on the Komsomolets. In April 1989, when Chernov was a professor at the Naval College, his former flagship sank in the Norwegian Sea.
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The nuclear-powered Kursk submarine that sank in the Barents Sea in August 2000 with 118 crewmen on board was pulled to the surface today in a triumphant 15-hour operation tinged with bittersweet emotion.
For all the success in freeing the submarine and attaching it to a giant barge that will now haul it to dry dock, its recovery may prove to be a distinctly mixed blessing for the Kremlin and the Russian military.
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On January 7 2011, Subsea 7 S.A. was created as a result of a combination (merger) of Acergy S.A. and Subsea 7 Inc. The new entity took the Subsea 7 name while retaining Acergy's Luxembourg domicile and operational headquarters in London.
Acergy S.A. was a ‘société anonyme holding’ incorporated in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg under the Luxembourg law of August 10, 1915 on commercial companies as amended, and quoted on both the NASDAQ Global Select Market and Oslo Børs.
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This is an electronic reprint of my material that appeared in the history chapter of MIXED GAS DIVING published by Watersport. This material is copyrighted and all rights retained by the author. This article is made available as a service to the diving community by the author and may be distributed for any non-commercial or Not-For-Profit use.
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Being a commercial diver is a challenging job. For work, you’ll slip out of this world and enter an underwater world where your skills will help you complete your job and keep you alive. Commercial dive training is incredibly important. Not only will it help you get a proper job later on, it will give you the skills to be a safe professional.
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Commercial diving is a lucrative way to spend your time underwater. It requires certification through a high level of training in both diving and construction trades.
You will have the opportunity to work all over the world in exciting locations doing things that keep the adrenaline pumping and your face smiling. It is a career that is not for everyone, but if it is for you, you’ll love every minute of it.
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Does the ocean floor sound like a cool office? Do you like working with your hands and being active? Do you want to leave the suffocating 9 to 5 office job behind and try something new? If so, maybe you should look into a career as a commercial diver.
Commercial diving involves building, inspecting, and repairing things underwater. It is routine work done in an atypical environment. Plus, it pays well. The US Bureau of Labor statistics show that wages can range from $15 to $46 per hour. Some commercial divers even pull in 6-digit incomes!
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