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Avondster
Avondster shipwreck project – Sri Lanka

Mary Rose
Mary Rose shipwreck 1545

Colossus stern carving
The Colossus stern carving in conservation at the Mary Rose Trust

National Maritime Museum
Useful catalogue of manuscripts and maritime art

Valhalla figurehead collection
The Valhalla figurehead collection on Tresco, Isles of Scilly

The Newport Ship
15th century ship remains excavated in Newport, Wales

The Swan
The swan wrecked at Duart Point in 1653

Resolution
Resolution wrecked in the great storm of 1703

Archaeology Data Service
ADS – Archives of numerous shipwreck and finds projects

Charlestown Shipwreck Museum
Record of finds at the Charlestown Shipwreck Museum from Protected Wreck Sites

Charlestown Shipwreck and Heritage Centre
Museum in Cornwall with a huge collection of material recovered from historic wreck site – great for kids aged from 5 to 55

Council for British Archaeology
CBA – Details of conferences, fieldwork opportunities and research papers

Department for Culture, Media and Sport
DCMS – responsible for Protected Wreck sites in England

DCMS
DCMS – Underwater Archaeology

DCMS / EH
DCMS – The Advisory Committee for Historic Wreck Sites, responsible for the Protected Wreck sites in England

English Heritage
EH – Maritime archaeology section

EH – Protected Wreck Sites
EH – Protected wreck sites, including how to apply for a license to visit or survey on these sites

EH – Colossus game
EH – Colossus game, find the treasure and swim round the site – Suitable for fairly young children

Hampshire and White Trust for Maritime Archaeology
Details of their work, mainly around the Solent

Institute of Field Archaeologists
IFA - the professional organisation for archaeologists in the United Kingdom

London Maritime
LoMAG – Useful information on the Archaeological Group groups maritime projects

Nautical Archaeology Society
NAS – Conferences and training in maritime archaeology. They also publish the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology.

The South West Maritime
SWMAG – Interesting accounts of the Archaeological Group Salcombe cannon site and the tin ingot site

Wessex Archaeology
Wessex are currently the diving contractor for the protected wreck sites

Wreck site
Shipwreck index

VoC wrecks
VoC shipwrecks index

Multibeam sonar
Wrecksight – high resolution multibeam sonar images of shipwrecks

MoSS project
MoSS project – interesting details on monitoring the deterioration of historic shipwrecks

National Monuments Record
NMR thesauri – standard terms useful Thesauri when describing material from historic shipwrecks.

The National Archives
PRO – index of documents held – very useful when researching shipwrecks

Portable Antiquities Scheme
PAS – help in identification and recording of objects found.

3H Consulting
3H – Useful information on surveying underwater – including free download of student edition of Site Recorder a maritime GIS

York Survey
York survey supplies – useful source for survey equipment including tapes and survey tags.

CMax
C Max – Manufacturers of sidescan sonar equipment

Aquascan
Manufacturers of underwater metal detectors

PLSM
Underwater acoustic position fixing system

Otter dry-suits
Otter dry-suits

The Heritage Lottery Fund

 

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