“Life is a matter of luck, and the odds in favor of success are in no way enhanced by extreme caution”
– Kptlt. Erich Topp, famed U-Boat Commander
About Richie Kohler
Richie Kohler’s passion for technical scuba diving and maritime history has led him to explore some of the most challenging shipwrecks in the world, including the Andrea Doria and HMHS Britannic. Searching for lost ships has led him to locate and help identify numerous lost vessels, including the U-215, a German mine laying submarine on the Georges Banks off Nova Scotia, USS Murphy, a WWII destroyer that was crushed and forgotten in the New York approaches, and others. But it would be the identification of a German U-Boat, the U-869 that would catapult his diving career into the world of television and documentary filmmaking.
Richie’s Project Files
DAN Was There!
Technical Wreck Diving Incident in the Gulf of Thailand Technical divers regularly push the edge and beyond, so emergencies are prepared for with contingencies neatly ticked off like a detailed shopping list. When the unexpected (or is it expected?) happens, gut wrenching uncertainty spills like foam over the rim of a boiling pot, smearing the ink of our best made plans. Training and preparation can make the difference between an incident and a tragedy. For our complex wreck expedition everything came together smoothly. Our international team assembled from all points of the compass, travel plans synching up with nary a…
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