Race to save unknown 400 year old wreck in Poole Harbour

[ratcliffe]

Heritage: Race to save mystery wreck from shipworm | Science | The Guardian


Its in the main shipping lane, I'm surprised it hasn't been identified... calling Steve Chesh

[milldog]

people bitch about this all the time leave stuff on the wrecks so others can see as well .... leave only bubbles and take memories what crap. if they would have started lifting this stuff when they found it they would be in a better position now.

Now they are going to plead poverty and want to lift stuff to save our heritage shame they didn't think of that two years ago. what a complete bunch of muppets. still i suppose it will be another way to stitch someone for more money.


Graham

[stevechesh]

If it's the one i'm thinking of, then it has been worked for donkeys years. Every time they finish, they cover it with a tarpauling and weigh it down with sand bags.

Now, what they need to do is get a large boat, attach a few grapnels to a wire hawser and drag the wreck to uncover the goodies! There, job sorted

By Stevechesh, the divers archaeologist, and banned from the NAS before he even joins !

[mixedangased]

Originally Posted by stevechesh

If it's the one i'm thinking of, then it has been worked for donkeys years. Every time they finish, they cover it with a tarpauling and weigh it down with sand bags.

Now, what they need to do is get a large boat, attach a few grapnels to a wire hawser and drag the wreck to uncover the goodies! There, job sorted

By Stevechesh, the divers archaeologist, and banned from the NAS before he even joins !

let me know when

[stevechesh]

Originally Posted by mixedangased

let me know when

fancy a stealthy night dive In fact, i think there's a diving restriction on it for obvious reasons.....

[big_si]

Totally unrelated but that paper was published on my 9th Birthday

Originally Posted by stevechesh

fancy a stealthy night dive In fact, i think there's a diving restriction on it for obvious reasons.....

[stevechesh]

Originally Posted by big_si

Totally unrelated but that paper was published on my 9th Birthday

Hard paper round then ?


Some more piccies here:

Raised From The Depths (from Bournemouth Echo)

[Dave Parham]

It’s always nice to see other people discussing your work, even when they confuse you with a puppet and aren’t particularly well informed. The earlier site is the Studland Bay wreck, a 15th century Spanish merchant ship. The new site is located within half a mile of the Studland Bay wreck, but is over 100 years later, roughly from the early 17th century. To clarify a few points, no it isn’t easier to identify wrecks when they are in shipping channels, nor would we it be in a better position if we lifted more material when the site was found, if we’d done that we would have been drowning in conservation costs and unable to do any more work on site as most of the material on site is organic and will fall apart if we lift it without any thought about what is going to happen to it later, nor do we plead poverty or attempt to stitch people up. There is plenty about the site on the internet but if you want to know anything else about the site feel free to contact me offline.

[foz]

Originally Posted by Dave Parham

It’s always nice to see other people discussing your work, even when they confuse you with a puppet and aren’t particularly well informed. The earlier site is the Studland Bay wreck, a 15th century Spanish merchant ship. The new site is located within half a mile of the Studland Bay wreck, but is over 100 years later, roughly from the early 17th century. To clarify a few points, no it isn’t easier to identify wrecks when they are in shipping channels, nor would we it be in a better position if we lifted more material when the site was found, if we’d done that we would have been drowning in conservation costs and unable to do any more work on site as most of the material on site is organic and will fall apart if we lift it without any thought about what is going to happen to it later, nor do we plead poverty or attempt to stitch people up. There is plenty about the site on the internet but if you want to know anything else about the site feel free to contact me offline.

Hi Dave can you tell me the site online as am not to good with a PC thanks foz

[Prometheus]

Originally Posted by Dave Parham

It’s always nice to see other people discussing your work, even when they confuse you with a puppet and aren’t particularly well informed. The earlier site is the Studland Bay wreck, a 15th century Spanish merchant ship. The new site is located within half a mile of the Studland Bay wreck, but is over 100 years later, roughly from the early 17th century. To clarify a few points, no it isn’t easier to identify wrecks when they are in shipping channels, nor would we it be in a better position if we lifted more material when the site was found, if we’d done that we would have been drowning in conservation costs and unable to do any more work on site as most of the material on site is organic and will fall apart if we lift it without any thought about what is going to happen to it later, nor do we plead poverty or attempt to stitch people up. There is plenty about the site on the internet but if you want to know anything else about the site feel free to contact me offline.

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