# Thames Valley Salvage Masters, Kevin Patience

Thames Valley Salvage Masters, Kevin Patience at Cruising Association, Wednesday 28 October 2026, 19:30.

- Price: £4–5
- Venue: Cruising Association, Northey Street 1, E14 8BT London
- With: Kevin Patience
- Go to page: https://www.theca.org.uk/events/thames-valley-gxsa-talk-281026

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An evening talk in the Thames Valley series titled "Salvage Masters, Kevin Patience", open to anyone, followed by a Q&A session. The speaker, Kevin Patience, qualified as a diver while in the RAF and then set up TechDive, carrying out ship salvage and commercial diving in Africa and the Middle East. He turned his hobby into a full-time job and has published several books and numerous articles on shipwrecks. The talks are run jointly with GXSA on Wednesday evenings from October to December and January to March at Colston Hall.

## Dates

- Wednesday 28 October 19:30 — Cruising Association

Written by a model, sources: [theca.org.uk](https://www.theca.org.uk/events/thames-valley-gxsa-talk-281026)

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