Last dive on Gallipoli

The first Polish mission in the area of the Battle of Gallipoli has come to an end. A number of dives allowed us to collect interesting photo and video material from underwater, but also expanded our knowledge with unknown facts. Piotr “General” Wytykowski and Roman “Romano” Zajder, certainly have reasons for satisfaction. They managed to make dives and carry out exploration of places where no one has been before them! See what they have to say about the last day of diving in Turkey.

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Today was the last day of exploration of the Gallipoli wrecks. It was a hard day, but very fruitful. We set off earlier in the morning, for our last wreck. The strait was very challenging. On days like this, Neptune makes wrecks of ships, but we were not so easily discouraged. When we reached the position of the last wreck, which was a hospital ship torpedoed by an English submarine, it turned out that fate favours those who are persistent and determined. The weather improved enough for us to make two dives and accurately inventory, film and photograph the wreck. She is lying evenly on her keel, generally in fairly good condition. The stern with a very well preserved rudder leaning completely to the right is practically intact. The midship looks as if the ship broke in half while sinking. Although it lies intact, the plates in this area are very badly bent. The bow is a completely different story. It is the place which was hit by an English torpedo and there is absolutely nothing left of it. It is interesting that several portholes on the ship were preserved intact. Dr. Piotr Nykiel found out that no one had inventoried the wreck before, and that he is already preparing to write an extensive article on the subject. Our team is very satisfied that the hard work underwater is making a large contribution to the knowledge of the Gallipoli campaign.

The General and Romano

We are now looking forward to the return of our divers to Poland and a summary of their expedition, accompanied by the collected materials. It’s not every day that you get to rediscover a story, and thanks to constant contact between us, Divers24 readers have been able to keep up to date with the progress. We hope that we will be able to run a similar report more than once.

Source and Photo: Piotr Wytykowski and Roman Zajder, Divers24