Francis Hermans·Oct 22A few Seconds From Becoming PulpDuring my offshore years, I had developed a habit during my time off: I would spend a few days working in Belgium for my former colleague…
Francis Hermans·Sep 25When a Pocket of Gas Turned a Routine Dive into an ExplosionIn the 1980s, a massive storm tore through Algerian waters, scattering wrecks across the port of Oran and sinking another ship off the bay…A response icon1
Francis Hermans·Sep 11Never Trust a Stone Deaf Dive Supervisor!In October 1984, a whole gang of cheerful divers, technicians, and caisson masters flew out of Paris to Dubai, where we were to board the…A response icon2
Francis Hermans·Aug 31The Day TARASCO Nearly BlewA diver’s-eye view of the morning when a DP failure turned a routine job into a brush with catastrophe.
Francis Hermans·Aug 14The Story of a Hyperbaric weldThe Dive That Nearly Ended My CareerA response icon1
