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Lost but not forgotten, the mystery of
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the ship that sank during the First
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World War has finally been solved. This
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is how the media reported our discovery
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of HMS Jason in April 2022.
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It was a Lost in Waters Deep project and
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a magnificent outcome to what was a
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really interesting trip. Exactly how
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interesting it was isn't covered in any
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of the media stuff. It's it's a
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fantastic story. I was so so chuffed to
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be involved in this project. It even now
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it still makes me really really proud of
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what we achieved on this trip. People
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have been looking for HMS Jason around
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the island of Coll in the Inner Hebrides
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for years and years without success.
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Kevin Heath who runs the Lost in Waters
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Deep website teamed up with Bob
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Anderson, the skipper of MV Kessina, and
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together they've been running
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magnetometers, doing surveys in likely
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areas. So, when they found a possible
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target towards the end of 2021,
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they were looking for some divers, and
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that's where the Mortimers, Steve and
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Barbs, came in. This team planned a
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>> quick trip to Scotland to go and check
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out one of these dive sites, and I was
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lucky enough to be selected to be part
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of the team. Now, the problem with the
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Inner Hebrides, or in fact the Outer
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Hebrides, is that they're a long way
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from Devon, which is our normal stomping
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ground. Also, this was April, and that's
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about as the cold as the water gets.
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We're all soft southern folk, so
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going up to Scotland and diving in these
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conditions was always going to be
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particularly challenging for us, but the
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opportunity to be involved in the
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discovery of this magnitude was one that
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frankly none of us could miss.
