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Tekkies or Terrorists?
The following snippet, copied from an Australian newspaper, appeared in an online magazine – Nekton – that I produced and edited for several years in the early 2000’s. Today, given the widespread acceptance and use of CCR’s by recreational divers,… Read More ›
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Counterstrike And Other Musings
I’m rather pleased, proud and flattered to see that a collection of my “Counterstrike” columns that appeared in Asian Diver Magazine during its early years, are now available as a book in either a kindle or soft-cover print version via… Read More ›
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Pot Luck
Some fifty-years ago, we were out in the North Sea working on a production platform built alongside the drill platform, the two being connected by a narrow catwalk between the drill deck and production deck of the two platforms, at… Read More ›
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Finding ‘AFFRAY’
On 16th April, 1951 HMS/M AFFRAY, disappeared while on a training exercise in the English Channel. Failing to make her scheduled radio report, the search for the sunken submarine continued for over three months in an area rich in wrecks…. Read More ›
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Raising A Navy
At the conclusion of WWI hostilities, the German High Seas Fleet was interned at the Royal Navy’s northern base at Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. On learning of the proposal to give the vessels to the victorious… Read More ›
Featured Categories
General ›
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ADEX: celebrating 30-years of Asian Diver Magazine
September 1, 2022
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An Audience With Ho Chi Minh
March 18, 2021
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Stuff and Nonsense
January 12, 2021
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Colour Me Blue
May 14, 2021
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Trouble Brewing
May 9, 2020
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Genetically Modified Behaviour
October 23, 2017
History ›
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“Fins ain’t wot they used to be.”
November 30, 2022
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The Submersible Decompression Chamber
November 27, 2022
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Imagination: A Diver’s Worst Enemy?
October 20, 2022