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Antwort von Jessica am 22.10.2004 - 23:29 Young couple who died scuba diving at Scapa Flow have 8-year-old daughter
EDINBURGH, Scotland (22 Oct 2004) -- NEIGHBOURS spoke of their shock last night at the deaths of a young Edinburgh couple in a diving accident while exploring a shipwreck off Orkney.
The couple were named yesterday as Lynda J., 32, and Neil M.. They got into difficulties while diving off a famous First World War wreck in Scapa Flow on Wednesday.
The Edinburgh couple, who are understood to have an eight-year-old daughter, were enjoying a holiday when the accident happened.
Yesterday, neighbours at the couple`s Leith home said they were saddened by the deaths of the active pair who loved the outdoors.
The couple`s four-wheel drive vehicle with diving stickers was still parked outside.
They had been living in their two-bedroom ground-floor flat since it was built about 18 months ago. It is understood the couple have family abroad who have been notified of the accident.
Lyndsay F., who lives above the couple`s flat, said that the couple were always "very friendly" whenever she met them in the stairwell.
"This is very sad because they have a daughter who is about eight years old," said Ms F. "It just hasn`t sunk in yet because their Jeep is still sitting outside."
Another neighbour, who wished to remain anonymous, said she was very sad at the waste of two young lives.
She said: "I always saw him (Mr M.) in the morning getting into his Mondeo on his way to work dressed in a suit around 7.30am.
"I used to see them with diving tanks and snowboards at the weekends. They were a very active couple.
"This is terrible news, because they have a daughter. I hope she has grandparents who can look after her. It is a real tragedy."
A male neighbour who had just moved into the block of flats, said he had been visited by someone from a funeral parlour about the couple.
The divers were among a party of six on a boat that was anchored west of the Calf of Cava, which is about 200 yards from shore.
They were diving on the wreck of the Karlsruhe, one of the warships from the German Navy`s High Seas Fleet which were scuttled in Scapa Flow in 1919.
Because the wreck lies in 80ft of water and about 100 yards from the shore, it has full legal protection, while allowing divers to visit the wrecks without a special licence.
On Wednesday, the two divers were transferred from the dive vessel Karin to the Longhope lifeboat after getting into difficulties. They were given cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, but they were later pronounced dead.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said the boat took the four remaining divers back to shore.
In May, 40-year-old Helen Simpson from Cheshire died during a diving expedition in Scapa Flow. In June 1990, Neil Jenkinson, 26, a civil servant from Leeds, also died there.
Scottish waters are notoriously dangerous. In 2001, ten divers were killed over a three-month period, including an experienced naval diver who died during sea trials off the west coast.
Antwort von Jessica am 22.10.2004 - 23:31 Tragic diving couple `were due to marry`
FIONA MACGREGOR
? Veteran divers died while exploring wreck
? Edinburgh couple had planned Easter wedding
? Friends say they are ?absolutely heartbroken?
A COUPLE who died in a tragic diving accident off Orkney were due to be married in the spring, friends revealed today.
Mother-of-one Lynda Johnston, 32, and Neil Murphy, 34, from Leith, died together while diving at the wreck of a German warship Karlsruhe, west of the Calf of Cava, on Wednesday.
The pair, who met in Orkney several years ago while on a diving expedition to Scapa Flow, were experienced divers carrying out an independent dive at the time of the accident.
Health and safety officers have been called in to investigate the incident.
Ms Johnston?s eight-year-old daughter lives in America with her ex-husband.
Friends today said they were "absolutely heartbroken" at the loss of the couple.
Jason Wilkinson, director of Deep Blue Scuba, the Edinburgh club of which the pair were members, today paid tribute to his friends.
He said: "I am absolutely heartbroken, they were not just members of my club, they were close personal friends.
"It is a very tragic loss and nothing can change what has happened. Words cannot even begin to describe what I am feeling.
"The whole thing is unbelievable. They were very experienced divers. They?ve been diving all over the world and done a lot of training. They got together on a trip I ran up to Scapa Flow."
Ms Johnston, an occupational therapist, and Mr Murphy, who worked in the construction industry, are believed to have been in Orkney for a diving course, which they had completed.
They were doing a recreational dive at the Karlsruhe before they were due to return to Edinburgh, where they lived together.
Ms Johnston is believed to have been from Fife originally and Mr Murphy was from Wexford in Ireland.
Mr Wilkinson said: "They got together years ago and were due to be married at Easter at Dalhousie Castle [in Midlothian]."
The couple were using a dive vessel when they got into difficulties at about 2.15pm on Wednesday.
The alarm was raised when they failed to return to the surface after visiting the wreck of the Karlsruhe in Scapa Flow, a key base for the British Navy in both world wars.
Shetland Coastguard was alerted and called out Longhope lifeboat.
The couple were taken to the south mainland of Orkney to a waiting ambulance and medical team.
Both were given cardio-pulmonary resuscitation on their journey back to the shore but failed to respond.
Mr Murphy and Ms Johnston were among a party of six on the dive boat Karin, which was anchored west of the Calf of Cava and around 200 yards from shore.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said the Karin collected the four remaining divers and sailed back to Stromness.
The Karlsruhe sank in June 1919 and lies 24 metres under the surface on her starboard side.
It was one of seven German vessels scuttled in Scapa Flow in 1919 and now designated as ancient monuments.
This has given them full legal protection while allowing divers to visit the wrecks without a special licence.
Antwort von alex.diver am 27.10.2004 - 13:15 Am 19. Oktober starben zwei Taucher nach einem Tauchgang auf dem Wrack "Karlsruhe" in Scapa Flow. Die Küstenwache von Shetland transportierte die Frau und den Mann nach Orkney, aber Versuche beide wieder zubeleben blieben erfolglos. Scapa Flow ist eine der populärsten Tauchgebiete in England, da dort sieben deutsche Kriegsschiffe im Juni 1919 versenkt wurden, um zu verhindern, dass die Schiffe in gegnerische Hände fallen.
Die Karlsruhe liegt auf einer Tiefe von 26 Meter. Die Taucher (34 und 32 Jahre alt) wurden bewusstlos am Grund neben der Abstiegsleine gefunden und von anderen Tauchern der Gruppe an die Oberfläche gebracht. Der Kapitän und die Crew der Karin reagierten sofort, aber weder Herz-Lungen-Wiederbelebung noch Sauerstoff halfen und bei Erreichen der Küste wurden beide Taucher als tot erklärt.
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