Watersports companies clash over cut submarine communication cable
Two watersports’ companies are at loggerheads over a recent incident involving the Down Under submarine and a company called Shaggy’s Personalised Diving.
A criminal complaint was recently filed by the manager of the Down Under Submarines Company. The matter relates to an incident that occurred while the submarine was diving near the Doc Poulson shipwreck. The VHF communications cable that trails behind the submarine and which is connected to the surface by a float, was intentionally cut by a dive company owner James (Shaggy) Thomson, forcing the submarine to abort the dive with customers on board. For a more complete summary of the story, please see the below link:
Published on: Jan 09, 2026 06:27 AM