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In 1930 Salvage Ship Artiglio entered the SS Egypt 06 April 2011
In May 1922 P&O's steamship Egypt sunk

forty miles off the coast of France with a treasure of gold worth more than a million pounds sterling in her strong room.
David Scott wrote the book "Seventy Fathoms Deep" about the divers of the Salvage Ship Artiglio. On this page you find impressions how the Salvage used Atmospheric suits of Neufeldt und Kuhnke and Observation chambers. Again artist Mr. Charles Daigneault managed to draw the observation chamber used by Alberto Gianni and others. He achieved a realistic effect to show how these pioneers dived with oxygen rebreathers to the wreck of the Egypt. Mr. Daigneault used some of Lee Bishop's pictures for a background. Mr. Lee Bishop kindly allowed me to put these pictures available for you. Lee Bishop actually dived the wreck in the 2001 expedition. Check for his real fantastic foto's here:

 http://www.deepimage.co.uk/wrecks/egypt/egypt_mainpages/egypt_mainpage.htm
Additional information about the history of the Salvage Ship Artiglio can be found at the Artiglio foundation here:
http://www.premioartiglio.it/
         
 
 
 
 
 
http://www.premioartiglio.it/
 
picture by Mr. Charles Daigneault
 
Background pictures by Lee Bishop http://www.deepimage.co.uk
Observationchamber drawn by Mr. Charles Daigneault
Background pictures by Lee Bishop http://www.deepimage.co.uk
Observationchamber drawn by Mr. Charles Daigneault
 
Observationchamber drawn by Mr. Charles DaigneaultObservationchamber drawn by Mr. Charles Daigneault
Observationchamber drawn by Mr. Charles Daigneault
 
I would like to thank all people who helped to make this page!
         
Sorima = Societa Ricuperi Marittimi (Marine Salvage Company)  
        06-04-2011
         
         
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