McDONALD, Kendall

McDONALD, Kendall

United Kingdom (1928-2014)

Last updated: April 11, 2020 at 14:33 pm

Author; wreck enthusiast; chronicler of British diving and shipwrecks; public speaker; scriptwriter and presenter of the first British TV series on diving; former Chairman of the BSAC (1975-77); BSAC Honorary Life Vice-President; one of the British Sub-Aqua Club’s earliest members (Number 23); one of the first journalists to dive on the wreck of King Henry VIII’s Mary Rose; author of 30 books, including the Diver Guide series on British wrecks.

Colin McLeod Award (BSAC, 2009)
International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame (2004)

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