Current condition of the Dardanelles Campaign shipwrecks from a diver’s point of view and technical diving requirements


Kedioğlu Ç., Öz M. İ.

in: Shipwrecks of the Gallipoli Campaign and Protection of Marine Biodiversity, M. idil ÖZ, Editor, Turkish Marine Research Foundation, İstanbul, pp.73-98, 2023

  • Publication Type: Book Chapter / Chapter Vocational Book
  • Publication Date: 2023
  • Publisher: Turkish Marine Research Foundation
  • City: İstanbul
  • Page Numbers: pp.73-98
  • Editors: M. idil ÖZ, Editor
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Dive surveys were carried out to the Irresistible, AE2 submarine, HMS Majestic, Lundy, SS Milo, Louis, Arıburnu Barge, Arıburnu Lighter, Helles Barges, and the Unknown shipwreck, all belonging to the Allied Powers, which sank around the Gallipoli Peninsula during the Dardanelles Campaign of the Word War I. Providing preliminary information and recommendations for divers of any purpose were aimed, together with comparing the original and current conditions of ships, diving plans in consideration with sea and weather conditions, and what to see from a perspective of marine biodiversity.