Diving

Dives

I've dived with Grace Franz 7 times:

Dive number Date Site Location Area Country Wreck Freshwater Depth (m) Bottom time (min) Total time (min) Divers Quality Summary Equipment
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19 Sep 1982 St Abbs South side of the Firth of Forth Forth Scotland 14 50 50 Iain Hosking, Dougie McEwan, Eric Franz, Grace Franz Three stars Dived with Dougie, Eric and Grace. Swam to Cathedral via gully. Wrasse, pollack, nudibranchs, lobsters (one of which we caught, but returned of course, being conservation-minded divers). Vis crap. Current. own
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28 Nov 1982 St Abbs South side of the Firth of Forth Forth Scotland 15 20 20 Iain Hosking, Grace Franz, Julian Fuchs One stars Dived with Grace (because Eric's suit sprang a leak) and Julian Fuchs. Vis very poor, strong swell and current. Not ideal. Swam out to Cathedral underwater. Saw nothing. Swam back against current. own
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13 Feb 1983 St Abbs South side of the Firth of Forth Forth Scotland 12 20 20 Iain Hosking, Grace Franz One stars Bloody awful. Vis less than 1 metre. Freezing cold, sea life all gone south for the winter, suit leaked. own
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4 Jul 1983 Karlsruhe Scapa Flow Orkney Scotland Wreck site 26 30 40 Iain Hosking, Grace Franz Four stars Swam as far as bridge and looked inside battle bridge. Didn't see the telegraph. Saw both bow turrets - one has fallen onto the other. Twin 60s, + 6lbs weight
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5 Jul 1983 Karlsruhe Scapa Flow Orkney Scotland Wreck site 24 38 50 Iain Hosking, Geoff Hide, Grace Franz, Rosanne Padua Five stars First part of dive with Geoff. Checked knots holding battle bridge door open then Geoff clambered inside, found the telegraph was loose and heaved it out. Tied it to shotline and surfaced. Second half of dive, somewhat later [48 minutes], taking Rosanne and Grace down. Grace cut the ropes holding the door open, and it shut with a resounding boom! Twin 60s, + 6lbs weight
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5 May 1985 Thesis Sound of Mull Mull Scotland Wreck site 30 20 20 Iain Hosking, Grace Franz Four stars Absolute flat calm and no current. Down buoy line to bows and down deck to stern to look at the rudder. Then inside to swim the length of the ship, past the flywheel and up into the bows. Down to engine room again, where we saw a conger. Adrian dived without a weight belt. Own +Scubapro Mk II
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5 May 1985 Rondo Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull Mull Scotland Wreck site 30 15 17 Iain Hosking, Grace Franz Three stars Evening dive. Still flat calm. Good vis. Plowter round bridge area, through prop shaft tunnels, under hull etc. Lots of fish life, feather duster worms etc. Own +Scubapro Mk II