discussion Tonight on BBC 4 - the hunt for the Lady olive and the U Boat which sank her

[Peter Gillson]

Hi

this may be of interest to some, a documentary about a group of divers spent four years researching and then finding the two ships - Lady Olive was a WW1 Q ship. Apparently their battle was the only time during WW1 when both ships in a conflict were sunk by each other.


there is a lot of good underwater film of both wrecks , which is not easy since they are in around 60mts of water - so it was a case of dving with mixed gas and lots of decompression stops which gave the, little time at the wrecks on each dive.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0023k9p
after the transmission it will be available on Iplayer and Amazon.

Peter

 

[Jim R]

Thanks for the heads up Peter. Nice to have something worth watching rather than the mind numbing dross that seems to fill the schedules.

 

[Jim R]

I recorded the programme and watched it tonight. Very interesting. Years of research and dedication. A poignant touch at the end - the plaque with the names of those lost on UC18 placed on the wreck.

 

[Peter Gillson]

Glad you enjoyed it.

Peter