Roy Gabriel, Vice President - Sinking Operations

Roy Gabriel has thirty-seven years as a technical explosives specialist with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canadian Military. He has experience in all applications, methods and techniques utilized in the explosives field: as an explosives field investigator, as a trainer with strong interpersonal and communication skills, as a national lecturer and public speaker, as a pioneer in leading edge technologies in the explosives field and as a special effects pyrotechnician.

Roy developed the accepted explosive scuttling procedure to place (sink) ships used to create artificial reefs world wide. His expertise has resulted in successful ship placements in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Roy has been the explosives technologist responsible for the scuttling of more than ten large artificial reef projects since 1992.

Roy’s expertise is in demand as a Special Effects Assistant to the motion picture industry. Roy has served as a Special Constable and Explosive Technologist with the Explosive Disposal Unit of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Vancouver. Roy has advised government agencies on the illegal importation, possession and storage of explosives. He has instructed explosive entry tactics to Emergency Response Teams.

Roy Gabriel
Tel: +1 (604) 740-1887
rgabriel at artificialreefs dot net