Eddie Kirkpatricks Diving and Family Pages
Humber Divers LTD Formation

click here to play sound

header5.jpg

Jeb Robinson and Eddie Kirkpatrick formed Humber Divers Ltd back in 1972, our first boat purchase was the MFV FAME

HOME

Diving in the Sixtys | Working for a Salvage Co 1970 | From Dorinda to working on Ant | Humber Divers LTD Formation | Ben Macduhi Wreck | Now on the Ashby Fame sold | Tropic Shore Dispersal Contract | Commercial work on Ashby | Ashby Sold and Cornelius Purchased | Cornelius Sold and Pescoso Purchased | Another Boat Purchase Inge | Purchasing 7 Seas Club | British Gas work with Inge | The Recovery Heavy Lift Vessel | The Recovery on Salvage Work | The Recovery on Hindostan | The Laurentic | Now left Humber Divers | Risiko | Searching for Wrecks | Family History Photos | Edward Kirkpatrick born 27 November 1938 | Now married 7th May 1960 | Eddie Married Continued | Now divorced June 1986 | Building Burton house at Hornsea | Gillian Rose Smith and Eddie Kirkpatrick | Gill and Eddie | Gill and Eddie now married 20th December 1995 | Gill and Eddie now married | Debbies and Martins Wedding | Eddie and Gill Year 2000 | Kirkpatrick History Title





The U-BOATS in the first world war sank a lot of shipping off the East Coast of Yorkshire (as well as the rest of the coastline round Britain)
They used to stand off the Humber mouth and also Flambo Head, and wait for the shipping to pass. They nearly brought England to their knees.




fameindock50.jpg




Coming round Scotland with the "FAME" after buying the boat.
FLeetwood to Hull.
Jeb and Eddie
We hit heavy seas on the West Coast of Scotland (Force 11 gales)and nearly sank when a big wave hit us on the beam, it turned the boat nearly over (it was 3am and pitch black.




fame3atsea.jpg





Working a wreck in the North Sea










fame4atsea95.jpg







"Fame" in St Andrews Dock








fame5ingotsdivers2.jpg

uboatnew.jpg






"FAME" in the middle of the MFV











famescotland2.jpg






At sea with the Fame










fameaseapick95.gif






"Fame" at sea on the "Benmacdhui"










fame5instandrews.jpg







White metal ingots, copper wire, brass bars etc from the "BEN MACHDUI"




bobshellcases95.jpg







BRINGING UP GUN FROM WRECK WE OWN
ON THE FAME






gunellington80.jpg




Working the "ss CADMUS" with FAME















Play after working "Cadmus" wreck shellcases (Bob bragging about his size)











ellingtongun5up.jpg




The gun all cleaned up, ready for firing















shellcasesfame50.jpg