In the North of the old military harbor in Wilhelmshaven (Banter See) there are two quite big objects. We identified them as swim jetties (German: Schwimmsteg). They were built during the Second World War and can be seen in historical photos.
Can you find the bicycle in the picture?
Comparison today and 1945 – You can find the Jetties in the old picture
The ‘Banter See’ is an old harbor at the north sea and a good diving spot. 1986 a little UW-Station / Habitat was placed there in 10m water depth by the local diving club. You can download the 3D-Files here
I made some Christmas presents for my friends from the ‘Gezeitentaucher’ team. It is a 3D Model of wreck of SS ELSA that we found 2007 in the North sea close to the German island Norderney. It took 10 years to identify it. This year we were able to scan it for 3D in only one dive.
North Sea: WreckX – Steamer ELSA
Year of construction: 1917 Sunk: 1932 Cause: storm We discovered this wreck in 2007 and have already dived many times. After seminars in underwater archeology, we had the necessary tools and were able to clearly identify them. Here the survey report WrackX Webseite: WrackX
I have an article about photogrammetry in the German diving magazine ‘Wetnotes’. Twelve pages including the article about the wreck of OSSIAN in The North sea.
Yesterday we gave a 3D Model of ‘WreckX’ to the grandson of the captain. The steamer “Elsa” sank in 1936 in a gale storm in the north sea. Ten men died – two survived. The Team #gezeitentaucher found the wreck in 2007. In 2017, after many measurements and many dives, we finally identified it. Last month we went there again and I managed to get a full scan of the wreck in one 65min dive. I love this model – it shows more details that we were able to document manually in the past 10 years.
I used three Gopros. Two with 20cm distance on the left side and a third with 100cm distance on the right side.
The north sea has difficult conditions for divers. There is much current because of the tides and the visibility is always an issue. It was a challenge to try 3D-Models here. But it was worth a try. Our team Gezeitentaucher had some days together with GhostDiving. I used the opportunity and tried 3D-Capturing. of three wrecks.