Almost A Decade Ago: WWII relics and superyachts
Isaac Stone Simonelli

PHUKET: As the Phuket Gazette plunged in with its first-ever Thailand Yacht Show Special Edition, we narrowed the gap in ‘A Decade Ago’ to 9-years-and-9-months ago... for the sake of marine thematics.

Skipping over what is without a doubt a very dry page one at the beginning of the rainy season, let’s dive to the depths of a small story on page three of the May 13, 2006 issue of the Gazette: Mission to raise human torpedoes from WWII.

Chalong-based marine engineer Capt Chris Parton had requested permission to salvage two World War II Chariots – sometimes known as ‘human torpedoes’ – from the sea floor off Koh Dok Mai.

Full Story: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Almost-Decade-Ago-WWII-relics-superyachts/63185?desktopversion

-- Phuket Gazette 2016-02-18

Interesting article. I had never heard of the British sinking Italian vessels off Phuket during WWII.

Hard to understand why the British military refuses permission for these 'torpedoes' to be recovered. If they contained human remains I would agree they should be left in situ., but they don't.

It's not as if they would reveal some top secret technology, known only to the UK.

Hmmmm... isn't that the same country that refuses to return the Elgin marbles to Greece?

They were sunk by jet skies [emoji571]