[Patton@Bastogne]

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The bittersweet aspect is that most died of hypothermia within minutes ...


I worked in the North Sea oil fields ... 1974 ... Taylor Diving and Salvahe (the best !) on Brown and Root Barge-316 over by the Shetland Islands ...

Cold-water survival (in the event of being overboard) was commonly known as a myth ...


May these Russian seafarers rest in God's peace ...


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[fso301]

The bittersweet aspect is that most died of hypothermia within minutes ...

Yes. Hopefully that's how it ended for them. I hope none were ground up in icy slush.

Cold-water survival (in the event of being overboard) was commonly known as a myth ...

I can understand that. At least they were brightly colored enabling the body to be spotted easier. I always get a cold chill when watching documentary footage of WWII convoys making the Murmansk run.

[Captain7seas]

You would be interested in a book just published on the loss of the diving bell on the “Wildrake” in 1979.

“Into the Lion’s Mouth” by Michael Smart.

That was a tragic North Sea accident that unnecessarily took the lives of two divers due to gross incompetence of the diving company owner.

In my opinion, it would never have happened on a Taylor Diving job.