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Tonight on BBC 4 - the hunt for the Lady olive and the U Boat which sank her

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  • Peter Gillson
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    • Apr 2018
    • 2594

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    Tonight on BBC 4 - the hunt for the Lady olive and the U Boat which sank her

    Hi

    this may be of interest to some, a documentary about a group of divers spent four years researching and then finding the two ships - Lady Olive was a WW1 Q ship. Apparently their battle was the only time during WW1 when both ships in a conflict were sunk by each other.


    there is a lot of good underwater film of both wrecks , which is not easy since they are in around 60mts of water - so it was a case of dving with mixed gas and lots of decompression stops which gave the, little time at the wrecks on each dive.

    What happened to a British ship and German U-boat that reportedly sank each other in 1917?

    after the transmission it will be available on Iplayer and Amazon.

    Peter
  • Jim R
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    • Apr 2018
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    • Jim
    • Shropshire

    #2
    Thanks for the heads up Peter. Nice to have something worth watching rather than the mind numbing dross that seems to fill the schedules.

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    • Jim R
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      • Apr 2018
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      • Jim
      • Shropshire

      #3
      I recorded the programme and watched it tonight. Very interesting. Years of research and dedication. A poignant touch at the end - the plaque with the names of those lost on UC18 placed on the wreck.

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      • Peter Gillson
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        • Apr 2018
        • 2594

        #4
        Glad you enjoyed it.

        Peter

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