Posts Tagged ‘Madeira’
Video – sinking of a battleship to create an artificial diving reef
Lots of you are still watching some of the Newsmaker videos we’ve dusted off to provide a few minutes of distraction. Today’s offering is from 2018 and was one of our most interesting projects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMdPU0gF6ko It was also great to be involved in a news story which generated so much coverage in the Portuguese media. Our…
Read MoreWarship sunk by specialist explosive to create artificial reef
The capability of an explosive cutting tool has been dramatically demonstrated during the sinking of a Portuguese naval warship to create an artificial reef. The corvette Afonso Cerqueira, which was retired from service in 2015, was sunk 450 metres off the coast of Madeira. SABREX™, an explosive cutting charge, was used to cut 16 x…
Read MoreNewsmaker given unique access to film sinking of warship off Madeira
A video production company based in the North East has been given unique access by the Portuguese navy to film the sinking of one of its warships to create an artificial reef off Madeira. Newsmaker PR was commissioned by Chemring Energetics UK – which supplied the special explosive required to cut holes in the ship’s…
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