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A grandmother-of-five from Bristol has celebrated her 80th birthday by scuba diving on a World War I battleship.

Pat Fung celebrated her landmark birthday by diving with fellow members of the British Sub-Aqua Cluba's Bristol Diving Club, on the 35 meter (115ft) deep wreck of the SS Kronprinz Wilhelm, at Scapa Flow in Scotland.

It comes just three years after Pat was appointed a BSAC. Pat, who lives with husband Iggy in Hotwells, was chosen as a role model due to her "can do" attitude, having taken up scuba diving at the age of 67, after trying out snorkeling while on holiday in the Maldives.

The former university lecturer and researcher then joined the British Sub-Aqua Club's Bristol Diving Club, also known as Bristol No 3 branch as it was the third BSAC club to be formed in the UK, and from there developed a love of diving.

In her 80th year Pat has already dived in Mexico, the Caribbean, and Egypt, with fellow BSAC Bristol No 3 branch club members, as well as UK diving in Dorset and Scotland.

For the day of her 80th birthday Pat was accompanied in the Orkneys by a group of fellow members including her dive buddy Mark Hall, a BSAC Advanced Diver and Open Water Instructor.