Wrecks happen, they always have, especially along an exposed coastline like the one around Cornwall. Many have heard the stories about the wreckers; were there really...
During both the Great War and World War two, fishing trawlers, drifters and whalers were used as mine sweepers or ancillary vessels. During both wars, hundreds...
When the HMS Anson hit Loe Bar on Christmas eve in 1807, the conditions and the location made it a certain tragedy. Loe Bar is a...
At the end of the Great War, the Kaiser’s high seas fleet was interned at Scapa Flow, Orkney. Due to some miscommunication or maybe a lack...
I mentioned the subject of wrecks appearing and disappearing again in Part 1 of Cornish Wreck Ramblings (which you can read here). It can be quite a...
We are in a marvellous age of technology, where we can pinpoint a needle in a haystack within inches. In the days before GPS and even...
In a new ongoing series on Scubaverse.com, Mark Milburn of Atlantic Scuba in Falmouth investigates the many shipwrecks that can be found around the UK’s Cornish...
In a video shot exclusively for Scubaverse.com at DIVE 2016, Jeff Goodman speaks with Mark Milburn from Atlantic Scuba in Falmouth, Cornwall. To find out more...
In a video shot exclusively for Scubaverse.com at DIVE 2015 by Jeff Goodman, Mark Milburn from Atlantic Scuba in Falmouth talks about the diving that Cornwall...
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Volunteer divers and ghost net recovery charities have now cleared the SS Epsilon in Falmouth Bay of ghost fishing gear. The process has taken a long...
Divers off Cornwall have discovered cannons and an anchor thought to be from one of the richest ships ever to wreck against these shores. In 1684...