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{{short description|British shipwreck historian}}
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'''Richard James Vincent Larn''', [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (born 1931<ref name="westernmorningnews">[http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Diver-produced-definitive-guide-Britain-s-45-000-shipwrecks/story-11396032-detail/story.html Honours: Cornwall's finest recognised], [[Western Morning News]], 13 June 2009.
==Life==
===Career at Sea===
Born in [[Norfolk]] and raised in [[Great Yarmouth]] before being evacuated to [[Oxford]] during the [[Second World War]],<ref name="westernmorningnews"/> he went to a sea training school (TS. Mercury, Hamble) at the age of 14.<ref name="shipwrecksukcom">[http://www.shipwrecks.uk.com/info3.htm Larn's biography on the website of Shipwrecks UK Ltd, retrieved February 10, 2010.]</ref> Larn taught himself to dive in 1947, using a German-made [[Drägerwerk|Dräger]]
In 1957 he became a [[British Sub Aqua Club|BSAC]] member, and served as BSAC Deputy Diving Officer in 1961 and 1962.<ref name="shipwreckconference"/> Larn was also among the instigating members of the [[Naval Air Command Sub Aqua Club
===After the Navy===
In 1972 Larn left the Royal Navy as a [[Chief Petty Officer/ Weapons Electrical Mechanician]] to pursue a career in private business. After two years as Works Director for Partech Electronics International Ltd, Charlestown, helping the Company to move to Cornwall from Wellyn Garden City, he then founded a commercial diving training centre Prodive Ltd. initially in the Long Store,
Together with his wife he has written over
In retirement, Larn is still active in diving, mostly in the Isles of Scilly where he contributes a regular column on maritime history in the local magazines ''[[Scilly Now & Then]]'' and the ''[[Scillonian (magazine)|Scillonian Magazine]]''. His other interests include [[Figurehead (object)|figurehead]] and ship carving, and model making.<ref name="shipwreckconference"/> When in 2007 the council of Scilly commemorated the 300th anniversary of the [[Scilly naval disaster of 1707|great naval disaster of 1707]],<ref>[https://archive.today/20120805151209/http://www.scilly.gov.uk/search/default.htm?q=shovell&order=R Council of the Scilly Isles website.]</ref><ref>A detailed programme of these events, as organised by the Scilly local council, can be found [http://www.shipwrecks.uk.com/tricent-leaflet.htm here.]</ref> Larn was among the principal organisers and also gave public lectures, as did [[Dava Sobel]], author of ''[[Longitude (book)|Longitude]]'', and [[Arnold Wolfendale|Sir Arnold Wolfendale]], the 14th [[Astronomer Royal]].<ref name="shipwrecksuknews">[http://www.shipwrecks.uk.com/news.htm Shipwrecks UK Ltd web page, retrieved February 10, 2010.]</ref>
===Honours===
Besides receiving awards from diving and maritime history associations, Larn was made a Cornish Bard by the [[Gorseth Kernow|Gorsedd of Cornwall]] at [[Redruth]] in 2006, taking the Bardic name 'Gonyas an Mor' Servant of the Sea. He started a company Shipwrecks.UK.Ltd
==Publications==
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* The Wrecks of Scilly, Shipwreck & Marine, 2010
* Shipwreck Index of the British Isles – [[Lloyd's Register of Shipping]]
** Volume 1 'The West Country', 1995 {{ISBN
** Volume 2 'The South Coast', 1996 {{ISBN
** Volume 3 'The East Coast', 1997 {{ISBN
** Volume 4 'Scotland', 1998 {{ISBN
** Volume 5 'Wales & the West Coast', 2000 {{ISBN
** Volume 6 'Shipwreck Index of Ireland', 2002 {{ISBN
* Tor Mark Press Series:
** Shipwrecks around Land's End, 1989
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** Built on Scilly – a history of ship building on the islands, 2013
** The Wrecks of Scilly - 1971, 1979, 1985, 1992, 2010
**Sea of Storms - Shipwrecks of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly {{ISBN|9780995502864}} [http://www.mabecronbooks.co.uk/seaofstorms.html Mabecronbooks.co.uk/seaofstorms.html]
==See also==
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==References==
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[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]
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[[Category:People from Great Yarmouth]]
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