UPDATE: R/V Petrel | Current Situation | Ownership by US Navy | How it Happened | Salvage Plans
March 23, 2023
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March 23, 2023
In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner - discusses the rolling over of the R/V Petrel, formerly owned by Peter Allen and responsible for some of the greatest underwater discoveries of the last decade, in a drydock in Leith, Scotland. An update on the current personnel in hospital; clarification on the current ownership of the vessel; why the vessel rolled in the drydock and potential scenarios in how to salvage the ship.
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