A BRITISH diver devoted to providing “new angles” to the Titanic story died after an underwater filming mission exploring her sister ship.
The 37-year-old, named last night by the Greek merchant marine ministry as Carl Spencer, was part of a National Geographic crew exploring the Britannic, which sank in the Aegean Sea, off Greece, in 1916.
Mr Spencer, believed to be from the Midlands, suffered an attack of the bends, which can occur when divers surface too quickly and nitrogen forms bubbles in their blood supply.
Mr Spencer previously joined a dive to video RMS Carpathia, which picked up 705 survivors as Titanic went down in 1912, but was sunk six years later by a German U-boat.
“The role of the Carpathia is often forgotten in the Titanic story, so if we can help provide a new angle to the story, that would be great,” he told the BBC in 2004.
Following the sinking of Titanic, the hull of the 53,000-ton Britannic was redesigned.
It was launched on February 26, 1914. It was sunk on November 21, 1916, after being struck by a single mine blast.
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