Logbook Scuba Dive # 360 - Prinz Eugen

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Date:	Entry Time:	Dive Time:	Max. Depth:
Sun, 21-Oct-2012	10:00:00	80 minutes	40.5 metres
Dive Location:		City / Island:
Prinz Eugen		Kwajalein Atoll
Country:		Dive Master:
Marshall Islands		Brian Kirk
Dive Charter:		Dive Trip:
Indies Trader Marine Adventures		Bikini Atoll - Oct 2012
Buddy/Buddies:
Fiona Edwards, Peter Fear, Stephen Crosling
Dive Details:
Entry:	Boat Name:
Boat	MV Windward
Start PG:	Entry Time:	Exit Time:	End PG:
-	10:00:00	11:20:00	-
Altitude:	Rep. Dive:	Surface Interval:
0 m	No	-
Max. Depth:			Avg. Depth:
40.5 metres			-
	Dive Time:		Deco. Dive:
	80 minutes		Yes
Conditions:
Weather:	Air Temp.:	Water Temp.:
Sunny	30 °C	30 °C
Water:	Waves:	Current:
Salt	No Waves	No Current
Visibility:	Horizontal Vis.:	Vertical Vis.:
Good	30	30
Equipment:
Weight:	Dive Suit:	Dive Computer:
4 kg	Wetsuit 3 mm Steamer	Suunto HelO2
Equipment used on this dive:
Apeks XTX200 Regulator - Stage 1 \| Apeks XTX200 Regulator - Stage 2 - Nitrox \| Apeks XTX200 Regulator - Twin Primary \| Apeks XTX200 Regulator - Twin Secondary \| Apollo ATB Multi Purpose Boots \| Apollo Bio-Fin Pro \| Aropec Mesh Dive Gear Duffle Bag \| Backscatter Custom GoPro Underwater Housing \| Buddy Surface Marker Buoy SMBCi - Self Inflating \| Custom Apeks Weight Harness \| Dive Gear Express Stainless Steel Finger Spool \| GoPro HD Hero2 outdoor edition \| Green Force 1.5 metre Umbilical \| Green Force Flexi IV Battery Pack \| Green Force Flexi IV Tank Connector \| Green Force Goodman Handle - HID 150F \| Green Force HID 150F Lighthead \| Halcyon Titanium Knife Sheath - Tech \| INNOBEAM UR5 LED Dive Light \| Kent Tooling Ratchet Reel - 75 metres \| Miflex Thin-Line Oxygen SPG - Stage 2 \| Miflex Thin-Line SPG - Stage 1 \| Mirage A250 Wrist Slate \| Northern Diver KN14 Titanium Dive Knife - Tech \| OMS Aluminium Backplate - Tech \| OMS Comfort Harness II \| OMS Compact Titanium Line Cutter with Pouch \| OMS Dual Bladder, Banded Wing - Tech \| OMS Silicone Necklace Secondary - Tech \| OMS Stage Kit - 1 \| OMS Stage Kit - 2 \| OMS Submersible Pressure Gauge \| Patriot3 Maritime Ops-Core Base Jump Sport Helmet \| Sonar Explorer Black Silicone Mask - Backup \| Sonar Explorer Black Silicone Mask - Primary \| Sonar Steamer 3mm \| Suunto HelO2 Dive Computer \| Suunto Transmitter - Tech \| Suunto Vytec DS Dive Computer \| Waterborne Safety Strap - HelO2 \| Waterborne Safety Strap - Vytec

Cylinder Set #1
Cylinder Type:	Cylinder Size:	Working Pressure:	Supply Type:
Steel	24 litres	300 bar	Open Circuit (OC)
O2:	He:	Min. PPO2:	Max. PPO2:
21%	0%	-	1.4 bar
EAN 21	MOD:	EAD:	END:
EAN 21	56.6 m	56.6 m	56.6 m
Start Pressure:	End Pressure:	Diff. Pressure:
250 bar	-	-
Avg. Depth:	SAC Rate:
-	-

Cylinder Set #2
Cylinder Type:	Cylinder Size:	Working Pressure:	Supply Type:
Alumimium	11 litres	200 bar	Open Circuit (OC)
O2:	He:	Min. PPO2:	Max. PPO2:
50%	0%	-	1.6 bar
EAN 50	MOD:	EAD:	END:
EAN 50	22.0 m	10.3 m	22.0 m
Start Pressure:	End Pressure:	Diff. Pressure:
200 bar	-	-
Avg. Depth:	SAC Rate:
-	-

Cylinder Set #3
Cylinder Type:	Cylinder Size:	Working Pressure:	Supply Type:
Steel	7 litres	232 bar	Open Circuit (OC)
O2:	He:	Min. PPO2:	Max. PPO2:
92%	0%	-	1.6 bar
EAN 92	MOD:	EAD:	END:
EAN 92	7.3 m	-8.2 m	7.3 m
Start Pressure:	End Pressure:	Diff. Pressure:
200 bar	-	-
Avg. Depth:	SAC Rate:
-	-

Avg. Depth:	SAC Rate:
-	-
Gas Mixture:
-

DIVING THE PRINZ EUGEN On Sunday morning, MV Windward motored over to the site of the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen. This warship saw extensive action during World War II, and attempted a breakout into the Atlantic Ocean with the battleship Bismarck in May 1941. The two ships engaged the British battle cruiser Hood and battleship Prince of Wales in the Battle of Denmark Strait, during which Hood was destroyed and Prince of Wales was severely damaged. After WWII, the Prinz Eugen was awarded as a war prize to the United States and taken to Bikini Atoll in 1946 to join the target fleet for Operation Crossroads. She survived the two atomic bomb blasts and was towed to Kwajalein Atoll, where a small leak went unrepaired because the radiation levels were too dangerous. On 22 December 1946, five months after the atomic tests, Prinz Eugen capsized and sank within a few hundred metres of a nearby island. She now sits upside down with one of her massive stern propellers protruding out of the sea and her bow at around 38 metres. The dive expedition split up into four groups: the four Aussies, the two rebreather guys, and two groups with dive guides. We dropped down amidships and made our way to the bow where we found a huge white tipped shark resting under cover. Then we made our way to the stern, checking out plenty of nooks and crannies along the way. With a length of 208 metres, a beam of 22 metres and displacement of 16,970 tons - this is a big boat!


Peter Fear in Cairns - Photo: Lloyd Borrett Hotel room in Cairns - Photo: Lloyd Borrett Morning in Majuro - Photo: Lloyd Borrett Prinz Eugen Cruiser Prinz Eugen anchored in Bikini Lagoon on 14 June 1946

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