Somali

[Timbobaggins]

Originally Posted by Gram43

And Lord Lucan lives down there.

I can definitely vouch for Colins gold, erm copper. We had a laugh with the other guys on the boat who thought it was gold.
Colin even found a perfume bottle down there with Eau De Somali in it.

I think Suzie Lamplugh actually dived it first

[Timbo]

Caught this little fellow do'in a bit of editing last time I was there



Be carefull with broadcasting about swag from the wreck chap,s...
Not 100% sure ,but I heard that the wreck belongs to Stan Hall and believe that his guy's were involved in the copper salvaging the other year......

Can confirm the lead soldiers are there...

[Allan Carr]

Stan Hall owns the wreck but not the cargo. Not sure who owns that.

[Buoyant Babe]

Originally Posted by Gram43

And Lord Lucan lives down there.

You're wrong, he's in the cupboard under my stairs. Where the vacuum cleaner is stored. No-one ever goes there

I've actually only dived the Somali once, but I really enjoyed it. Be aware though - unlike several of the wrecks at The Farnes where you can come off the wreck and up a reef to surface gradually, the Somali lies in open water with no reef - plan your gas and watch your deco as it's easy to get carried away rummaging

Hxxx

[Gram43]

Originally Posted by Allan Carr

Stan Hall owns the wreck but not the cargo. Not sure who owns that.

You are right, Stan owns the wreck as far as diving is concerned and cannot stop the actual owner from any salvage operations. As I mentioned at the start of the thread, the wreck was blasted the year before last for salvage and that's probably why last year more of the said booty was found.

The story last year was that a diver found a porthole and was nearly out of air so he moved some debris to hide it with the intention of getting a second dive to recover it and never did.

Funny that, I did the same with the pot of gold I discovered there last year as well!!!

Nevertheless, its a good dive in good weather.

[Gram43]

Originally Posted by Buoyant Babe

You're wrong, he's in the cupboard under my stairs. Where the vacuum cleaner is stored. No-one ever goes there

I've actually only dived the Somali once, but I really enjoyed it. Be aware though - unlike several of the wrecks at The Farnes where you can come off the wreck and up a reef to surface gradually, the Somali lies in open water with no reef - plan your gas and watch your deco as it's easy to get carried away rummaging

Hxxx

First time I dived this on a YD gig we used Stan Halls boat and apparently there was a lad and lass who were messing about too much and were in danger of missing their slack water dive slot (we were all in at this time). Anyway, once they were ready Eddie the skipper took them to the marker buoy and they went in. After apparently lots of messing about at the buoy they went under the water, but swiftly surfaced and Eddie ended up picking them back up. They's drifted over 1/4 mile in seconds.

Not a nice way to see the coast though eh!

So, another warning is make your way to the marker buoy and descend on it, but don't drag in under please.

[Buoyant Babe]

Love the new avatar BTW!

[Ron Young]

Stan owns the wreck but Don Cox owns the cargo, or did so, not sure if he sold it to anyone else. However a few different people have salvaged it over the years and, some without permission. What I did not agree with was Don Cox smashing Stan's wreck to pieces with steel grabs, when he did not own it and he also took sections of the wreck as well. It was all taken down to Blyth to unload.

Cheers Ron

[Gram43]

Originally Posted by Buoyant Babe

Love the new avatar BTW!

Yours too sweetie, spot the likeness?

[Gram43]

Originally Posted by Ron Young

Stan owns the wreck but Don Cox owns the cargo, or did so, not sure if he sold it to anyone else. However a few different people have salvaged it over the years and, some without permission. What I did not agree with was Don Cox smashing Stan's wreck to pieces with steel grabs, when he did not own it and he also took sections of the wreck as well. It was all taken down to Blyth to unload.

Cheers Ron

Stan seems to have let a number of people "walk all over him" over the years, including his brother, according to the last time I spoke with him. Last year in fact.
Can't think there'll be any more to gain from the wreck, apart from rusty metal now. Hopefully there'll still be something to see for us all for the future eh!