One of two ceramic panels that were recovered from the Promenade Deck. They were the work of Italian artist Guido Gambone. Each panel weighs more than 500 pounds
2500 [ true ]
fire breathing lumens
“ScubaLab's test divers awarded the Sea Dragon 2500 our top score for light output, and no wonder; in our lab test, it pumped out even more than its claimed 2,500 lumens.”
Ravishes of Time Recreational divers first visited the Doria in 1967. Follow-up trips were sporadic for a while, but commencing in 1980, multiple recreational dive trips have occurred every year. Hundreds of recreational divers have visited the wreck over the past thirty-five years. These recreational divers have watched the slow collapse, first of the superstructure then of the hull. The first major change was
observed in 1973: the two upper decks had sloughed off and fallen to the seabed. By this time the hull had settled into the sand some 15 feet (4.5m). The wreck morphed slowly
for the next two decades. Major changes starting occurring in 1996, when cracks appeared in the hull and the decks bulged and buckled. Partitions disappeared; stairwells fell apart; the upper decks sagged. In 1998, the steel plates that
separated the Boat Deck from Promenade Deck began to waver: some leaned into the Boat Deck while others leaned into the
Promenade Deck. The Boat Deck was gone the following year. Two major cracks appeared
in the hull: one forward of the wheelhouse, the other abaft the swimming pool in the stern. And so it went, year by year.
The Promenade Deck fell by the wayside a piece at a time; then the Upper Deck, then the Foyer Deck (where Rodocker and DeLucchi had cut a hole through the door). In 2004, the forward 150 feet
(46m) of the wreck fell completely away from the rest of the hull. The highest point of the wreck
used to be at a depth of 150 feet (46m); in 1974 this was 165 feet (50m); now it is no shallower than 190 feet (58m). The decks that supported the port hull have buckled like a squeezed accordion, bringing the hull down with it. In the span of two generations,
the ship that lay on her starboard side as if she were sleeping in dry-dock, now looks like a shrunken hull and a massive debris field. The Grand Dame of the Sea is grand no longer.
CRI 90 60 min at full power
120° 5000k
3
200ft / 60m Power Levels
Beam angle stated above water. Light includes grip, tray, battery, and charger.
Sport Diver Magazine
-Roger Roy Gear Editor
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