The home port of RMS. Lusitania.
No. 1 for information on the ship and her last Master,
Captain W.T. Turner.
Lusitania's
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Chart showing debris field co-ordinates. The Wreck is oriented roughly North-East/South-West within the marked box.
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The wreck of the ship is owned by an American businessman named F. Gregg Bemis Junior.
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Gregg
Bemis, pictured emerging from a Delta mini-sub following a dive to the Lusitania
wreck in 1993.
(Photo courtesy of Gregg Bemis).
Although
Mr Bemis has proved his ownership in three separate courts,
the Irish Office of Public Works have placed an Underwater Heritage Order
upon the site occupied by Mr. Bemis' property.
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Any projected diving operations to the Lusitania therefore need to go through a complicated application procedure before permission to visit the wreck can be obtained.
The Irish Navy patrols the wreck site to enforce the Heritage Order.
Details of previous diving expeditions to the wreck of the Lusitania
can be found by visiting www.divernet.com
WRECK PHOTOGRAPHS.
One of two telegraphs from the stern docking bridge, on the seabed at a depth of 93 metres. Note a section of the stern safety rail above. (Leigh Bishop).
Bollards located on the starboard side of the
foredeck. They still have rope
coiled around them. (Leigh Bishop).