US businessman dives down to Lusitania

A US businessman has completed a dive off the south coast to the wreckage of the liner Lusitania, sunk by a German U-boat in 1915.

A US businessman has completed a dive off the south coast to the wreckage of the liner Lusitania, sunk by a German U-boat in 1915.

Gregg Bemis, a Santa Fe businessman who trained for more than a year for the 300ft dive, said he reached the ship in six minutes and spent about four minutes looking around before ascending.

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