Cmdr. Nargeolet to speak on Friday evening

 

Cmdr. Nargeolet will be speaking informally at the Friday evening reception and will share information about the 2007 dive to the wreck of the Carpathia.

A retired 22-year veteran (shown above with George Tulloch) achieving the rank of commander in the French Navy, Paul-Henri Nargeolet has been a submersible pilot for many years, having worked with the French Navy’s bathyscaphe program at Toulon’s naval base.

He was Director of Deep Ocean Submersibles and the”Nautile” program for the French national ocean agency IFREMER in Toulon for ten years, and was expedition co-leader of RMS Titanic, Inc.’s 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996 and 1998 Research and Recovery Expeditions. He has made over 30 dives to the RMS Titanic in the French submersible “Nautile.”  P. H. also led RMS Titanic, Inc.’s 2007 expedition to the wreck of the RMS Carpathia, the first to recover a significant number of artifacts from the wreck.

P.H. has been accorded several honors, including the National Merit of Knighthood from the French government in 1984 and the National Maritime Merit of Knighthood from the French government in 1975.