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Hard Boat Galleries 2007

The Fortuna Yippee !! We finally got out ! The weather was beautifull, though the sea was a little rough. In fact very rough. A bit about the wreck - Sank nine miles southwest of Beachy Head on 22 October 1916 The Fortuna was a 76m-long steel steamship built in 1913 by NV Werf Rijkee & Company of Amsterdam. The ship had a three-cylinder triple-expansion engine and a single boiler, which produced 150hp. While on a voyage from Rotterdam to Cardiff with a cargo of cement, the Fortuna became a victim of submarine UC-60. The ship was sunk by one of the submarine's mines and its entire crew of 15 was lost in the disaster. This is an excellent wreck, though a little deep. It is definitely"ship shaped" and you can clearly still see the structure.
Some pictures of the team who went on the trip

The Flowerpot Men meets Side Show Bob	" If I concentrate hard enough I can bend this bar with willpower" (You need to enlarge this for better effect)

How cool is this?? Notice the sea spray on his glasses spoiling the cool	I think Dion and John were about to moon here!!!

Ian, smugger than Mr Smug on a very smug day !! Look at the face Denise is pulling in the background !!	Billy no mates. But at least she is smiling