The International Shipwreck Conference

organised by wreck enthusiasts for wreck enthusiasts

The 28th International Shipwreck Conference

Shipwrecks, Diving and Marine Archaeology

Saturday 6th February 2010 at the University of Plymouth, UK


HMS Audacious - (taken by Barry McGill of MSP)

 

HMAS Sydney
(WWII Light Cruiser, sank 1941 off Australia - depth 2561m)
David Mearns
HMS Victory
(1st Rate 100 guns, sank 1744 in English Channel - depth 200m)
Sean Kingsley, Odyssey Marine
Bronze Age Find
(copper alloy and gold artefacts, Salcombe - depth <20m)
Jim Tyson
HMS Audacious
(WWI Super-Dreadnought, sank 1914, N. Donegal - depth 66m)
Innes McCartney
Modelling Shipwrecks John Riley
2nd Century B.C. Shipwreck in Capraia, Italy Dante Bartoli 

 

Sunday: Meet at Mayflower steps 10am

The walk will be from the Mayflower steps through Coxside to look at the site of one of the early ropewalks, over Cattedown to look onto the site of the Cattewater wreck and then the remains of Worth's bone cave (pleistocene cave system with early human remains). We finish with tea and a tour of the University Marine and Diving Centre.

The International Shipwreck Conference is organised by wreck enthusiasts for wreck enthusiasts.

(Please note that the programme may change at short notice.)

Click here to download a 2010 flyer for the conference

 


Where and When
  • The Conference is held in the Robbins Conference Centre at the University of Plymouth
  • Doors open at 9am and we close at 6pm.
  • In the evening there will be a dinner at a local restaurant
  • On Sunday a visit to a local attraction has been arranged

See the Programme of Events

 

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The conference is organised by members of the International Maritime Archaeology and Shipwreck Society as a forum for divers, explorers and shipwreck enthusiasts.