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King Henry VIII’s flagship to get COVID-19 emergency funding

1 month 1 week ago By Rosemary E Lunn

Duncan Wilson, Chief Executive of Historic England stated "Our historic places bring us together. It is vital that they survive intact.

Malta to regulate wreck diving with new laws aimed at protecting underwater heritage

1 year 3 months ago By Main Minion

Besides protecting such sites, the new system is expected to offer local diving schools the opportunity to register with Heritage Malta, against a fee, in order to be able to take divers down to the listed zones.

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IWD: Sally Cartwright to speak at the Explorers Club 'Women of Exploration' event

1 year 4 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

The Polar explorer and Chapter Chairman Mark Wood stated "We have 110 members in this chapter from several different ex

'Women of Exploration'

This event will be held on Wednesday 3 April 2019 at 18.30 at the Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, Paddington, London, W2 1QJ

Tickets cost £10 members / £20 non members. All are welcome.

Colombia to salvage legendary shipwreck loaded with treasure

3 years 1 week ago By Main Minion

The San Jose was part of the fleet of King Philip V, who fought the English during the War of Spanish Succession and around 600 people died in the ship wreck.

Florida's Storm Wreck: Conserving Three Muskets Found Off St. Augustine

4 years 2 months ago By My Minion

As archaeologists from the St.

Shipwreck in Hong Kong presumed to be famed warship HMS Tamar

5 years 1 month ago By Peter Symes

HMS Tamar was a 4,600 tons displacement sail and steam-powered Royal Navy troopship which was launched in Britain in 1863.

Dr Margaret Rule CBE

5 years 2 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

The warship Mary Rose was launched in 1511 and served for 34 years as the flagship of Henry VIII’s navy. She sunk, without warning, a mere two miles outside Portsmouth Harbour on 19 July 1545 with the approximate loss of 500 men and boys.

Experts call on UK government to sign UNESCO treaty

6 years 2 months ago By Main Minion

In a report submitted to foreign secretary William Hague, experts warn that unless it signs up to the treaty, Britain will be largely incapable of protecting wrecks lying beyond its waters.

Polluce wreck

8 years 9 months ago By Main Minion

The story isn’t complete either by including the following inquiries and legal proceedings, which took place in Livorno (Leghorn) in the years 1842 to 1846, right in the middle of a turbulent period of history when European nationalism flaired up

Odyssea Marine Exploration

8 years 9 months ago By Millis Keegan

MK: What do you do? I ran into some confusion trying to set this interview up, so lets take a closer look at what you are trying to do. Obviously you are not treasure hunters, so what are you doing?

U.S. Navy Shipwreck from War of 1812 to be excavated

10 years 10 months ago By Main Minion

The wreck which is one of the war's most significant artifacts was discovered nearly 30 years ago but after a limited, month-long excavation of the site east of Upper Marlboro in 1980, the wreck was reburied under four feet of mud and sediment to

Ancient ships found under Oslo mud

11 years 9 months ago By Arnold Weisz

Jostein Gundersen said at least nine wooden boats, the largest being 17 meters (56 feet) long, were found well preserved nearly 400 years after they sank at Bjoervika, an Oslo inlet near the new national opera house.