I had seen an old black-and-white photograph of the Zero wreck before I left the UK and I wanted to have a go at photographing it.

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The real name of this ship is still unknown, but it earned this nickname from its cargo: just beneath the port decks are stacks of helmets - fused together but unmistakeably the headgear of the Second World War.

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Having been so impressed with the Betty bomber wreck in Chuuk, I was eager to dive the popular Jake seaplane in Palau.

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So many interesting wrecks and never enough time to dive them!

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Having begun life as a passenger liner, the 150m Rio
de Janeiro Maru could accommodate 2,300 passengers.

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The Betty bomber is the most popular ’small’ wreck in the lagoon and its history is fascinating.

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Discovered by the Cousteau expedition in the late 1960s, the 116m supply ship Kensho Maru was later forgotten, then rediscovered in the 1980s.

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The wreck of the Shinkoku Maru has a huge variety of both hard and soft corals that are as well developed as I have seen anywhere.

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You need a good briefing and a solid plan to make the most of this wreck.

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Close to the island of Tol, the 112m Hanakawa Maru is the most remote wreck in Chuuk Lagoon.

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