The Wreck of the SS T R Thompson (Steamship)

Welcome to the Meridian Divers Adopt-A-Wreck blog. Dedicated to the wreck of the T R Thompson which sank on Friday 29/3/1918 following torpedo attack by UB57 off the Sussex(UK)coast. The Group would be pleased to receive ANY information about the wreck or dive reports . Any comments are sent to the Blog Admin for inclusion & editing if necessary. Please quote the blog if you choose to reproduce it's content. Use the "Quick Reference Labels" & "Search" to navigate.

Sunday, February 05, 2006

T R Thopmson Dive 5th Feb 2006 ~ Not by us!

This little story taken from the Yorkshire Divers website from "Tom" :-

Few of us went out on Spartacat today, planning to do the TR Thompson. Vis didn't look great at the surface (coffee coloured water) and it only got worse as we descended. Hopes that it was just a surface layer and would clear as we got deeper were dashed around halfway down the line, when we met Alan (Getafix) coming back up. Not a good sign. Eventually hit bottom at 29m, in about 15cm of vis (seriously). Only stayed long enough to locate Matt and (using touch signals) indicate we should go back up.

Hmmm, gallant effort "Tom", especially in 5 Deg C of water. Do let us know when you do see something ... that said the Yorkshire Divers article went on to say that there was a net on the wreck , so do keep an eye open and take care!