"Devoli" Tanker in south Italy - Sicily

uwmadness · 24th August 2006, 23:39

Trapani-Sicily

Nice Dive to -143 meters of water onto the “Cofano" wreck
(Cofano is the name of an hill on the coastline

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On the 19th and 20th of August a team made up of 8 people carried out two exploration dives around the hull of a shipwreck, still unidentified, which lays on the sea bed at 143 meters depth off "Monte Cofano".
The area is well known to local fishermen but until now, no diver had ever been down to look around, due to the fact that the wreck is so far below. We think it should be a tanker named “Devoli” which has been sunk by a british submarine called “Splendid” on march 1943. The shipwreck is perfectly upright on the sea bed, and in a pretty good state judging by the first dives.
During those two dives done by the well known underwater photographer Antonello Paone, he managed to take a few minutes of film and several photographs. Never the less research of the exact identity and history of this ship are still in act, including forth coming dives, hopefully in October, to complete video and photographic documentation of the so called “Relitto del Cofano”.

Dives have been done by Antonello Paone as deep sea photographer and Fabio Manganelli, deep cameraman, both of which have gone down to minus 143 meters of water. The average depth on the deck is 135mtrs.
To back them up in this arduous achivement ing. Lino Viccica, Salvo Gurrieri and Nicola Gucciardi, completed the team. Moreover, Roberto Monticciolo and Renato Borgonuovo, helped the team from the surface. We have had the extreme pleasure of having aboard the well know deep water photographer and journalist Maria Pia Pezzali, who took an active part in the team. The divers used both the inspiration Classic with an heliox10 as diluent and sevaral other heliox as bailouts
The divers managed to stay on the sea bed for 25 minuts and the run times of each immersion was over 5 hours.

Here you can see some shoots on my website ( sorry but there is only an Italian version for the time being)

http://www.uwmadness.it/Attività/news/devoli/devoli.html

copy and paste this link on the address bar please, I don't know why it is not complete as an hyperlink

Thanks and
Regards
Fabio Manganelli

Dugongberbulu · 25th August 2006, 01:41

Congratulations! Sounds like an amazing dive

Pierre Farrugia · 25th August 2006, 05:07

Grazzie Fabio, da un tuo vicino da Malta

CCR900 · 25th August 2006, 06:28

Congratulations....Fotos are great.

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decoweenie · 25th August 2006, 06:46

Congratulations...

Looks like a great dive, and even great surface conditions as well. What more could anyone asks for...

Padowan · 25th August 2006, 09:00

Congratulations!

Respect for taking on such an expedition dive from a RIB, that's a lot of gear stowed in a small boat!

Ben Field · 25th August 2006, 09:11

Impressive, nice work. Congratulation to those involved

uwmadness · 25th August 2006, 12:30

thanks guys
there is also a demo version of the first video on the link I gave you above,
I hope to get better images in future dives

Ciao

Fabio

Mixaddict · 26th August 2006, 05:17

Congratulations on an outstanding dive Fabio. The pics are fantastic! I look forward to reading additional material and seeing more pics or video in the future.

24th August 2006, 23:39	#1 (permalink)
uwmadness New Member Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Inspiration Vision Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Italy-Sicily Posts: 57	"Devoli" Tanker in south Italy - Sicily Trapani-Sicily Nice Dive to -143 meters of water onto the “Cofano" wreck (Cofano is the name of an hill on the coastline ) On the 19th and 20th of August a team made up of 8 people carried out two exploration dives around the hull of a shipwreck, still unidentified, which lays on the sea bed at 143 meters depth off "Monte Cofano". The area is well known to local fishermen but until now, no diver had ever been down to look around, due to the fact that the wreck is so far below. We think it should be a tanker named “Devoli” which has been sunk by a british submarine called “Splendid” on march 1943. The shipwreck is perfectly upright on the sea bed, and in a pretty good state judging by the first dives. During those two dives done by the well known underwater photographer Antonello Paone, he managed to take a few minutes of film and several photographs. Never the less research of the exact identity and history of this ship are still in act, including forth coming dives, hopefully in October, to complete video and photographic documentation of the so called “Relitto del Cofano”. Dives have been done by Antonello Paone as deep sea photographer and Fabio Manganelli, deep cameraman, both of which have gone down to minus 143 meters of water. The average depth on the deck is 135mtrs. To back them up in this arduous achivement ing. Lino Viccica, Salvo Gurrieri and Nicola Gucciardi, completed the team. Moreover, Roberto Monticciolo and Renato Borgonuovo, helped the team from the surface. We have had the extreme pleasure of having aboard the well know deep water photographer and journalist Maria Pia Pezzali, who took an active part in the team. The divers used both the inspiration Classic with an heliox10 as diluent and sevaral other heliox as bailouts The divers managed to stay on the sea bed for 25 minuts and the run times of each immersion was over 5 hours. Here you can see some shoots on my website ( sorry but there is only an Italian version for the time being) http://www.uwmadness.it/Attività/news/devoli/devoli.html copy and paste this link on the address bar please, I don't know why it is not complete as an hyperlink Thanks and Regards Fabio Manganelli __________________ DIR - Dive Inspiration Rebreather www.uwmadness.it www.allrebreather.eu
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25th August 2006, 01:41	#2 (permalink)
Dugongberbulu New Member Current Rebreather/s: Dolphin Other Rebreather/s: Dolphin Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Connecticut, USA Posts: 33	Re: "Devoli" Tanker in south Italy - Sicily Congratulations! Sounds like an amazing dive
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25th August 2006, 05:07	#3 (permalink)
Pierre Farrugia Custom Title Allowed! Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Malta Posts: 636	Re: "Devoli" Tanker in south Italy - Sicily Grazzie Fabio, da un tuo vicino da Malta __________________ Pierre Farrugia My wife told me " If you don't quit diving I'm going to leave you" My reply " God, I'll miss you" www.atlam.org www.divemed.com
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25th August 2006, 06:28	#4 (permalink)
CCR900 Custom Title Allowed! Current Rebreather/s: Ouroboros Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Inspiration Vision Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: England Posts: 332	Re: "Devoli" Tanker in south Italy - Sicily Congratulations....Fotos are great. F
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25th August 2006, 06:46	#5 (permalink)
decoweenie Crash Test Dummy Current Rebreather/s: Other CCR Other Rebreather/s: Other CCR Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cairo Posts: 5,510	Re: "Devoli" Tanker in south Italy - Sicily Congratulations... Looks like a great dive, and even great surface conditions as well. What more could anyone asks for... __________________ "...after a while you get bored offering advice to a bull that like to keep butting the fence with its head rather than walking through the open gate..." - Rebreather World PM
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25th August 2006, 09:00	#6 (permalink)
Padowan Proper Boffin Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kent, UK. Posts: 518	Re: "Devoli" Tanker in south Italy - Sicily Congratulations! Respect for taking on such an expedition dive from a RIB, that's a lot of gear stowed in a small boat! __________________ Padowan The future's bright, the future's Yellow .....for now padowan.net - Latest Video: Scapa Flow Rebreather Diving
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25th August 2006, 09:11	#7 (permalink)
Ben Field CK+Shearwater Current Rebreather/s: Classic Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Sport Kiss Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London, England Posts: 1,632	Re: "Devoli" Tanker in south Italy - Sicily Impressive, nice work. Congratulation to those involved __________________ Know your PPO2, Pre-breath, Use checklists, Validate cells at 6mtrs, Use pure O2 at or near surface, Use a BOV, Don't dive Solo, Change Slime and Cells as recommended by Manufacturer and RTFM! Beware Fridge Suck! www.hugsac.org.uk
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25th August 2006, 12:30	#8 (permalink)
uwmadness New Member Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Inspiration Vision Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Italy-Sicily Posts: 57	Re: "Devoli" Tanker in south Italy - Sicily thanks guys there is also a demo version of the first video on the link I gave you above, I hope to get better images in future dives Ciao Fabio __________________ DIR - Dive Inspiration Rebreather www.uwmadness.it www.allrebreather.eu
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26th August 2006, 05:17	#9 (permalink)
Mixaddict Always Learning! Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Vision Evolution Other CCR Dolphin Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Other CCR Dolphin Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Draper, Utah USA Posts: 474	Re: "Devoli" Tanker in south Italy - Sicily Congratulations on an outstanding dive Fabio. The pics are fantastic! I look forward to reading additional material and seeing more pics or video in the future. __________________ Randy Thornton (MixAddict) Inspiration, Evolution,Hammerhead & Sentinel CCR Instructor
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