(Despite these misgivings, members of the press were eventually permitted to attend the subsequent A widespread theory at the time was that Tryon had mistaken the radius of the ship's turning circle for its diameter, and thus had allowed only two cables space instead of four, plus a safety margin of a further two cables between the two columns of ships. They were:

Wait for our next posts for other diving sites, where you can enjoy diving in Lebanon.I am amazed at this story and video about HMS Victoria.

I will let you enjoy some images of the HMS Victoria Wreck, after that I’m very sure that you will be interested in reading the history of HMS Victoria and her finding process. The The verdict of the court had to be confirmed by the Admiralty Board in London.Markham and Johnstone both continued to feel aggrieved by the verdict, seeking to take the matter to a further court-martial to clear their names. She stands vertically with her bow and some 30 metres of her length buried in the mud and her stern pointing directly upwards towards the surface. Little fish were everywhere, the whole scene was surreal.” Christian continued: “VICTORIA was indeed standing completely vertical, its bows surely buried into the sea bed. But the relative height above the sea bed was so low that it suggested the 10,400 ton vessel had submerged into a soft mud or sediment. Having read about the incident in Robert K. Massie’s book, I came upon this site by chance. On 22 June 1893, the bulk of the fleet, 11 Tryon was a strict disciplinarian who believed that the best way to keep his crews taut and efficient was by continuous Tryon led one column of six ships, which formed the first division of his fleet, in his flagship He ordered speed to be increased to 8.8 kn (10.1 mph; 16.3 km/h) and at about 15:00 ordered a signal to be flown from As there was no pre-determined code in the signal book for the manoeuvre he wished to order, Tryon sent separate orders to the two divisions. Now, the UK government has given the company, Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc., permission to study and salvage at-risk items, such as the distinctive bronze cannons that were carried aboard. Stung by this public rebuke from his commander, Markham immediately ordered his column to start turning.However, the columns continued to turn towards each other and only moments before the collision did the captains of the two ships appreciate that this was not going to happen. The wreck, lying in more than 120 meters of water off the coast of Tripoli in northern Lebanon, it is in a vertical position, with about a quarter of its length buried in the sea floor. Victoria plunged to the bottom, taking Sir George Tryon with her along with over half her crew. We could spend just 5 more minutes at 77m before the original decompression plan was compromised.”Christian Francis also brought to our attention the fact that 6 bodies were recovered from the sea after the sinking and were buried in a special cemetery in Tripoli (see photo). The divers had enough and decided to go for the highest echo, “the trawl net”. At reaching about hundred meters down – we should have been deep enough, and once again looking around to see if the net was anywhere close, I saw a huge shadow in my peripheral sight to the west, our left. Since the wreck was discovered in 2004, several items have been brought to the surface including a model of Nelson's HMS Victory. Suddenly, the depth sounder revealed a highly unusual image that showed a large object seemingly floating in mid water, looking like what could have been a large trawl net that was tangled around wreckage at 500 feet depth. Captain Bourke of By the time that both captains had ordered the engines on their respective ships reversed, it was too late, and It was a hot afternoon, and a Thursday, which was traditionally a rest time for the crew. "You don't go into a local churchyard and start digging them up hoping you're going to find some gold underneath the bodies. The group did manage to locate the wreck of passenger steamer Stella, which sank in 1899 claiming 105 lives, but HMS Victory remained elusive.The 100-gun ship was launched in 1737, and seven years later it was the flagship of Admiral Sir John Balchen as he successfully led a force to relieve a British convoy trapped by a French blockade of the River Tagus, in Portugal.But on the return journey, Victory was separated from the fleet and sank with all hands on 5 October 1744.Its exact location in the English Channel would remain a mystery for more than 250 years.But in 2009, Florida-based Odyssey Marine Exploration announced it had discovered Victory, 62 miles (100km) away from those rocks, suggesting a fierce storm rather than a navigational error had been behind the sinking.Built during a period of British naval ascendancy, Victory and its more famous successor were two of the most expensive and grandest ships of the period. CAMPERDOWN collided with VICTORIA and the latter sank in about 10 minutes. Here, the team deploys the underwater vehicle.Here, the underwater vehicle is deployed into the water from the Marine Exploration boat.The team was able to positively identify the shipwreck in part because of the cannons they found. I swam over the stern, past the flag pole that had no flag (it must have rotted away, I thought) and looked down to see it’s mouth still covered, pointing to towards me a few meters below. Haidar threw the weighted down line.Christian continues: “The trip was joined by Major Paul Pitchfork who flew over to assist the team at Mark’s promise of some deep wreck finding and he was to be our back-up/safety diver.Christian explained his experience by saying:”At 16:05 the three of us went down. Shortly after entering the English Channel, a severe storm separated Victory from the rest of the fleet and she was lost with all hands on 5 October. Odyssey's Explorer vessel As Christian wanted to obtain as much video footage as possible, many practice dives were carried out to improve confidence and mobility in deep water. We did so by a rental bus, which also allowed us to take along all of our gear. Already men had been washed away by incoming water or had been trapped behind closed doors.