Graham Jessop
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Graham Jessop (5 June 1957 – 1 November 2012) was a British commercial diver and marine archaeologist who has taken part in a number of important expeditions such as the 1999 discovery of the remains of the Template:RMS off the coast of Ireland.[1] Jessop subsequently purchased the Carpathia, so as to control access and protect it from private scavengers.[2]
Diving career
Along with his father, Keith Jessop, he recovered the approximately $85,000,000 of gold bullion from Template:HMS in 1981.[3]
In 2000, RMS Titanic Inc. named Jessop as the recovery manager of the wreck of the Titanic.[4]
Personal life
He was born in Keighley, West Yorkshire in 1957, and died from cancer on 1 November 2012.[5]
Notes
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- ↑ "Locating a Heroic Vessel: Marine Salvager Graham Jessop Locates Wreck of Carpathia", National Geographic, 2000-04-01 (URL last accessed 2007-02-28).
- ↑ "Carpathia: The Most Famous Rescue Ship in the World", Excerpt: "RMS Titanic, Inc. salvor-in-possession of the legendary Titanic, announced today the acquisition of the wreck of the RMS Carpathia, 'the most famous rescue ship in the world'."., PR Newswire, 2001-06-21.
- ↑ Klinger, Peter, "Salvage firm seeks £20m in flotation"Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore, The Times, 2006-05-02 (URL last accessed 2007-02-28).
- ↑ "Jessop becomes Titanic supremo" Template:Webarchive, Telegraph and Argus, Opinion section, pp. 10, 10 June 2000 (URL last accessed 2007-02-28).
- ↑ "Shipwreck diver Graham Jessop dies aged 55", Telegraph and Argus (URL last accessed 2021-03-02).