Exploring the Deep Shipwrecks off Plymouth

Tuesday 14th January 2025      Cost £3                                                                             

Dominic Robinson

Dominic Robinson is a former Army Officer and military helicopter pilot. An experienced technical diving instructor, Dom was previously Head of Diving and Training for the British Sub Aqua Club (BSAC) and he is now a senior manager at Babcock International, delivering projects for the UK Special Forces.

Dom has been exploring deep shipwrecks for more than 15 years, many in the English Channel off Plymouth, and has been involved in several projects that successfully identified wrecks laying in over 100m depth. This kind of diving is challenging as the wrecks lie in deep, dark and cold water, so for divers to explore these sites safely requires extensive training and experience. Dom’s underwater videos of these shipwrecks have helped to engage a new generation of divers with the many maritime losses around Plymouth from two World Wars.

Dom’s passion for diving, love of history, and desire to tell tales of lost shipwrecks come together in this talk where you can hear about lost vessels in deep water explored by local divers.

Dom’s YouTube channel is at: https://www.youtube.com/@D33pUK