2019 MSDS Marine Grant Award Winners Announced
Marine and Coastal Contractor MSDS Marine has announced the 2019 winners of the MSDS Marine Grant Awards. The Awards were presented at the 2019 Nautical Archaeology Society and Ordnance Society joint…
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Historic WWII sites given protection
To mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, six Second World War concrete structures built as replica landing craft for training, nine sunken army tanks, two armoured bulldozers and components of Mulberry…
HMS Arethusa figurehead Grade II listed
An elegant wooden figurehead from the Royal Navy ship HMS Arethusa, which went into battle in the Crimean War in 1854, has been listed at Grade II by the Department…
Mark Milburn’s Cornish Wreck Ramblings, Part 12: Tidal Estuaries
Another instalment of Mark Milburn’s Cornish Wreck Ramblings… Around Falmouth, we have two tidal estuaries and the biggest is the Carrick Roads. It is the end of the Fal River,…
New 3D virtual tour of protected wreck in Thorness Bay, Isle of Wight
Whilst all eyes are focused on the Solent this week for Cowes Week 2018, for the first time the non-diving public can explore under the Solent and enjoy the fascinating…
Public invited to view ‘treasures’ from historic Rooswijk wreck this August
New research has revealed insights into the cargo and crew of the 18th-century Dutch East India Company (VOC) ship the Rooswijk, wrecked off the Kent coast. Maritime archaeologists are diving…
Wounded veterans dive the wreck of the HMS Montagu off Lundy Island
Wounded veterans are carried out a series of dives last week on the wreck of the battleship HMS Montagu to determine what remains of the wreck and to help protect…
Mark Milburn’s Cornish Wreck Ramblings, Part 11: The Burnside
Mark Milburn’s Cornish Wreck Ramblings are back! This week: The mystery of the Burnside… Locally the name “Burnside”, has caused arguments in families and cost some people 1000’s of hours…
Wreck Diving: 100 year old U-Boat mystery solved – with Mark Milburn (Watch Video)
In this video shot exclusively for Scubaverse.com on location in Cornwall, Mark Milburn of Atlantic Scuba talks to Jeff Goodman about a U-Boat mystery that lasted 100 years. Find out…
Divers off Cornwall discover 17th century wreck
Divers off Cornwall have discovered cannons and an anchor thought to be from one of the richest ships ever to wreck against these shores. In 1684 the English East Indiaman…