North Sea divers joined the commemoration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee on Friday, sending a celebratory message from more than 30 metres below the surface.
Divers George MacKeown and Iain Morrison (pictured) unveiled a Union Jack and a message from the crew of the Boka Topaz commemorating the monarch’s 70-year reign nearly 33m below sea level.
The crew are working from the dive support vessel (DSV), whilst carrying out decommissioning work for Harbour Energy in the Hunter Field, in the southern North Sea.
Boskalis Subsea managing director Stuart Cameron shared the image, commenting: “Fantastic to see our hard-working crews celebrating Her Majesty’s special milestone on the bottom of the North Sea.”
Thursday also saw supermajor BP send its congratulations and best wishes to mark the occasion, including a message from UK country manager Louise Kingham, who said: “From all of us at BP – we send Her Majesty The Queen our warmest congratulations on reaching the amazing milestone of Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee. 70 years on the throne is truly remarkable.”
It is not the first time subsea tributes have been paid to the UK’s best and brightest.
In April 2020, divers from the Rever Polaris expressed their thanks to hard-working NHS staff during the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.
.@RMTunion divers join millions celebrating the work of Britain’s essential workers and NHS heroes from 100 meters under the North Seahttps://t.co/FK73yTlP9q pic.twitter.com/4aS4fQsER8
— RMT (@RMTunion) April 16, 2020
The saturation divers were working more than 100 metres below the surface, at the Total-operated Jura field.