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As I righted myself after jumping off the boat into the water, I finned over to the downline. The trapeze was already hanging fully deployed in free water nearby – I could follow the transfer line from it all the way down into the depths to where Paul and Brian had already clipped it to the downline far below.

Gary and I had a round of OK hand signals and then started our descent into the beautiful crystal-clear water that surrounded us. We were hanging seemingly in the open expanse of the Atlantic – below me it was dark, and as yet there was no sign of the wreck far below.

The tide was now totally slack and so Gary and I let go of the downline and began to freefall deeper into the darkness. Gradually the darkness below took on a familiar form, unnatural straight lines began to coalesce to a point – the unmistakable upturned bow of HMS Hampshire. Far below in the darkness, I could see the shot sitting on the seabed just forward of the port side of the bow. There was no need for us to go over there, so we left the downline and headed over to the ship.