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First HMS Victory to be raised after 300 years
The remains of the first HMS Victory are to be raised from the seabed nearly 300 years after she sank, according to reports.
Credit: Odyssey Marine Exploration
Photomosaic reveals three bronze cannon on the shipwreck site of Victory.
Odyssey Marine Exploration | Odyssey Marine Exploration Executes Agreement with Maritime Heritage Foundation for Admiral Balchin's HMS Victory Shipwreck | 02-08-2012
The vessel, predecessor of Nelson's famous flagship, which some believe was carrying ÂŁ500m of gold coins, went down in a storm off the Channel Islands in 1744, taking more than 1,000 sailors to their deaths.
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Since our discovery of HMS Victory, we’ve continued to monitor the site and have sadly noted significant changes to the site including four ton cannon that have been dragged and damaged, as well as the illicit recovery of a cannon by another salvor, signs that the idea of preserving the site in situ is clearly not practical
”—Greg Stemm, Odyssey CEO
According to the Sunday Times the wreck is to be handed over to the Maritime Heritage Foundation, which is expected to employ Odyssey Marine Exploration to carry out the recovery. Odyssey – a US company – found the ship four years ago.
The ship's location was a mystery that eluded numerous searches before Odyssey discovered the wreck in May 2008.
The Florida-based firm found the site at a depth of 330ft in the Channel, nearly 65 miles from where the ship was historically thought to have been wrecked, near the Channel Islands.
“We hope that this site will give us a unique insight into the world of the mid-eighteenth century Royal Navy,” stated Sir Robert Balchin, the Chairman of the Maritime Heritage Foundation. “We are very concerned that natural erosion, damage from fishing vessels and illegal looting may endanger the wreck and therefore we have planned an archaeological survey that will record the site before it deteriorates further. Odyssey Marine Exploration has proved its expertise and we are looking forward to working with them to protect the maritime heritage associated with Balchin’s Victory.”
Primary source â–ş Odyssey Marine Exploration Executes Agreement with Maritime Heritage Foundation for Admiral Balchin's HMS Victory Shipwreck
Further reading â–ş Odyssey Marine find two new shipwrecks in the English Channel
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