“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
RMS Titanic
My dive was nearly over, and it was time to ascend. I picked up the microphone and keyed it up “John, did you find the ribbons of steel?” After an interminable pause, a one-word reply came back from my partner, “Negative”. His answer was a punch in the gut, immediately sending me to the opposite end of the spectrum. I had up until that point, been making the dream dive of a lifetime, one never thought in a million years I would ever do. Up until that transmission I had been exploring the intact bow of section of arguably the…
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