Читать книгу Into the Abyss. Diving to Adventure in the Liquid World онлайн
52 страница из 133
Her three forward holds were holed and she stuck fast on a submerged rock ledge. Her engines were run astern for two hours to see if she could be pulled off the rocks and saved – but all the time, the once friendly southerly wind contrived to become her enemy, working against her engines on her hull and masts to pin her on the shelf.
Eventually the crew was taken off by the local Rocket Brigade, watched by a large audience of those who had been attending a servant’s ball in the castle but who found this compelling drama far more entertaining. The Chicago became a complete write-off.
I had found something new in diving. This combination of wreck dive, research and acquisition of knowledge I found irresistible - and I soon found myself being drawn towards further wreck dives. Little did I know at this stage, how this passion would develop.
ssss1
Kyle of Lochalsh and HMS Port Napier
“And make your chronicle as rich with praise
As is the ooze and bottom of the sea,
With sunken wreck and sumless treasures”