Paul Allen to recover bell from HMS Hood

[Mediocre Man]

Paul Allen ‏@PaulGAllen
Watch live as Octopus ROV attempts to retrieve bell of #HMSHood http://www.livestream.com/apaulgallenproject


Pretty cool

 

[jlprk]

You can see the Hood now! The camera is as if we're flying 200 feet in altitude above the ship. It took a long time to get down here today.

Thanks for the link.

 

[jlprk]

About 5 minutes after I posted that, just when it got good 9000 feet down, they lost video.

 

[THE HCP]

About 5 minutes after I posted that, just when it got good 9000 feet down, they lost video.

AAAGGGHHHHH.…........ DAMN BLAZER BROADCASTING!

 

[jlprk]

They are between Iceland and Greenland. I'm glad I'm not on Comcast within 200 miles of the local event!

 

[jlprk]

They brought it up, are fiddling around with something, and will send it down. It should be at the bottom again before 1 am Pacific Time.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Paul Allen ‏@PaulGAllen Picture of the Hood's bell up against upturned floor of possibly the Admiral's cabin. Tight space to grab it

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[jlprk]

They brought it up, are fiddling around with something, and will send it down. It should be at the bottom again before 1 am Pacific Time.

I totally forgot to watch! It's not on now.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Paul Allen ‏@PaulGAllen Octopus doing required mantenance in Reykjavik, unclear earliest she can sail to Hood and weather window closing, stay tuned.

 

[jlprk]

Paul Allen ‏@PaulGAllen Octopus doing required mantenance in Reykjavik, unclear earliest she can sail to Hood and weather window closing, stay tuned.

Climate warming. Just stay docked 10 years till Iceland loses its ice.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Paul Allen ‏@PaulGAllen Due to bad weather, we won't be able to raise #HMShood bell this trip. I stand ready to help Royal Navy try again in the future.

 

[jlprk]

He should get compensation from Iceland, like, Petteri Koponen.

 

[crandc]

I'm sure Bob Whitsitt would have recovered the bell.

 

[jlprk]

If Bob were in charge of the project, the whole 'Hood would surface, just like in the 60s!

Woooh!