Comments on: H.M.S. Port Napier

By: Proper recycling :-) « Life at the end of the road

Proper recycling :-) « Life at the end of the road — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 23:01:00 +0000

[...] about in and around her. There’s probably the most comprehensive account of her loss here http://www.submerged.co.uk/port-napier.php and believe me I’ve read plenty. There’s also some excellent first hand accounts from locals [...]

By: john morgan

john morgan — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 02:23:32 +0000

i enjoyed the story behind the wreck (wheres all mines did they all explode or recovered would love to dive this wreck.

By: Mark Graham

Mark Graham — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:37:36 +0000

Its good to read this account. I first dived on this wreck in the mid seventies when it was less well known. We visited it nearly every day for a fortnight and by the end still hadn’t fully explored it. On my last dive there (about 1990) it was noticeable how much it was deteriorating – we were last on it at a low spring tide and the vertical decks were exposed for quite a height – it was a bit alarming to see how much they were flexing under wave action. I can remember a lot of portholes and other brass still being on the wreck when I first visited it. I see Phil was with the apollo scuba club of Lancaster – I was with Lunesdale BSAC on my first visits (Morecambe/Lancaster area) – small world!

By: philip krelle

philip krelle — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:14:06 +0000

thanks for this interesting blog,i dived on the napier in 1981 and it was pretty much as you describe,it was a winter dive and i was in an incredibly cold 12mm wetsuit diving with the apollo scuba club of lancaster.I emigrated to brisbane australia in1983 and have not dived since but i still remember dropping into the water and fearfully looking down into the gloom of a dead ship.Thanks,yours truly phil.