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Breda Dives

I've dived the "Breda" 10 times:

Dive number	Date	Site	Location	Area	Country	Wreck	Freshwater	Depth (m)	Bottom time (min)	Total time (min)	Divers	Quality	Summary	Equipment
2	15 Mar 1980	Breda	Benderloch	Oban	Scotland			23	30	30	Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld		Dived with Malcolm Gauld. Mouthpiece split on demand valve so used Derek's. Boat dive. Weather - warm & sunny. Didn't find actual wreck, but lots of bits lying about. Saw dead men's fingers, spider crabs etc. Silty bottom. Vis 20 feet. Filled Fenzy by mouth. Dropped weight belt but had it recovered [by Derek].	Steel 60, Derek's Poseidon, ABLJ 6, 24 lbs weight
75	20 Mar 1982	Breda	Benderloch	Oban	Scotland			18	25	25	Iain Hosking, Susan Playfair		First dive with Susan. Through holds, bridge etc. Sandals, cans, tyres, truck etc. Much silliness - somersaults, new underwater signals etc. Very relaxed dive - due to not having any gauges etc.	own
76	20 Mar 1982	Breda	Benderloch	Oban	Scotland			14	15	15	Iain Hosking, Eric Franz, Susan Playfair		Now low tide. Dived with Eric and Susan (Susan had the torch - we were invisible). Getting a little dark, but good fun. Dive-bombed Doc and Rob.	own
148	6 Aug 1983	Breda	Benderloch	Oban	Scotland			25	35	40	Iain Hosking, Eric Franz		Early start - in water at 11am. [eh?] Flat calm and sunny. Vis undisturbed by other divers: 25-30 feet. Down buoy line to bows and swam aft through the holds to the stern. Found boxes of rivets, tin cans, tyres, the truck, solidified sacks of cement and a pile of gas masks. Stern framework beautiful with dead men's fingers and anemones. 25m at rudder. No prop. Very quick blast back to the bows since low on air.	own
163	17 Mar 1984	Breda	Benderloch	Oban	Scotland			15	15	20	Iain Hosking, Andrew Gow		Abortive night dive last night but sinuses OK for this one. Two boatloads of EUSAC members plus another two of other Edinburgh SSAC divers made for quite a crowd. Vis consequently reduced to zero. Flat calm, sunny and warm - lovely conditions. Swam the whole length of the wreck to the stern. Very pretty anemones.	own
164	17 Mar 1984	Breda	Benderloch	Oban	Scotland			20	15	20	Iain Hosking, John Gordon		Like this morning's dive but better vis. Dragged John Gordon from bow to stern. Surfaced in time to hear Scotland beat France 21-12 to win the Grand Slam.	own
212	16 Mar 1985	Breda	Benderloch	Oban	Scotland			18	17	20	Iain Hosking, Pete Wilkinson		Took Pete Wilkinson around wreck inside and out. Reasonable vis and some sea life - fanworms (feather duster worms), fish, crabs and sea squirts (blobs). Surface roughish	own
274	9 Mar 1986	Breda	Benderloch	Oban	Scotland			28	23	25	Iain Hosking, Ian Harrington		Almost a year since my last dive on the Breda. It hasn't changed a bit - as silty as ever, especially after 8 other divers have been all over it. To make this a worthwhile dive it is essential to hit it first thing in the morning. Relaxed dive.	own, twin 55s
316	2 Jan 1987	Breda	Benderloch	Oban	Scotland			26	27	30	Iain Hosking, Christine Spreiter		Very, very sore head at 8am, so very glad to be diving last wave. Clouds and rain cleared to give us a beautiful day. Flat calm, snowy mountains, flawless execution of the dive plan (about 16 people in the water). OK, so it would have been nice to have had a torch. We had a very atmospheric dive, bows to stern, via holds and engine room. Surfaced as the sun was setting. Definitely started 87 the way I hope it continues!
345	9 May 1987	Breda	Benderloch	Oban	Scotland			22	20	22	Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries		Private trip to Oban, for the select few - Cathy, Sarah, Jackie and me, One car, old boat and tents (economy drive). Massive disorganisation meant launching at 3pm. Launched from North Connel. Exhilarating boat trip out to the Breda, planing over white horses. Dived from bow to stern - plenty of feather duster worms, dead men's fingers and plumose anemones.