The International Shipwreck Conference

organised by wreck enthusiasts for wreck enthusiasts

Previous Conferences



2008 (26)
Paola Palma   A scientific strategy for in situ stabilization of wreck
Savas Karakas Watch online video The lost submarines of the Dardanelles campaign ''Gallipoli''
Selcuk Kolay   WW2 U-boats off the Turkish Black Sea coast
Richard Larn and Alan Jones   Mapping Our Shipwreck Heritage
Mike Williams   Merchant or Quasi Warship? The Storaa and the Court of Appeal
Sarah Ward   Zheng He’s Treasure Ships
Innes MacCartney   North Cornwall's Mystery U-boats - 3 lost submarines identified


2007 (25)
Richard Larn   The 1707 Disaster - The 300th anniversary of the sinking of Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell's fleet
Alex Hildred   The Rooswijk - a Dutch East Indiaman on the Goodwin Sands
Dr Michael Flecker   Maritime archaeology in South-East Asia. Six Asian Wrecks - 9th to 17th century
Mark Dunkley   The Value of Historic Wreck Sites
Dave Parham & Paola Palma University of Southampton The Swash Channel Wreck. An early 17th Century armed merchantman recently found off Dorset
Dan Burton   Photographing Deep Wrecks
Chris Holt   The Wager Quest - 'luck and earthquakes'
2006 (24)
Robert Sténuit GRASP GRASP and the wreck of the Girona Groupe de Recherche Archéologique Sous-Marine Post-Médiévale
Mike O'Meara Subsea 7 Gold from HMS Edinburgh The recovery of four tons of gold from 245m down in the Barents Sea
Brian Clargo   Touching Titanic Four hours at 3774m in a Russian submersible on the wreck of the Titanic
Martin Dean ADUS Recent Advances in Shipwreck Studies with Multibeam Echo Sounders Mapping marine archaeological sites in three dimensions
Jim Tyson   3000 Years of Shipwrecks in Salcombe From the Bronze Age to the Age of Sail
Innes McCartney   The Holland 5 Submarine
2005 (23)
Greg Stemm & Neil Cunningham-Dobson Odyssey Marine Exploration Excavating the Republic
Simon Spooner ADMAT The White House Bay Wreck
Jens Auer   The Princes Channel Wreck
Jon Parlour   Diving the wrecks of Narvik
Rod Macdonald   The wrecks of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse
Richard Larn

  The UK Shipwreck Index and forthcoming www.shipwrecks.uk.com
Henry Alexander   The Life and Death of the Liverpool Barque Dryad
2004 (22)
Kimberly Monk Great Lakes Institute for Marine Research The Archaeology of Great Lakes Ships
Ian Oxley English Heritage English Heritage and Shipwrecks: Maritime Beyond the National Heritage Act (2002)
Richard Larn and Mike Williams   The Wreck of the Schiller
Michael Pitts   Filming Deep Wrecks
Per Sebak and Kevin Heath   Titanic's Predecessor - The S/S Norge Disaster of 1904
Kirst MacRae National Marine Aquarium Ex-HMS Scylla - The UK's 1st Artificial Reef
2003 (21)
Robert F. Marx   Underwater Archaeology Around the World
David Moore North Carolina Maritime Museum The Blackbeard Shipwreck Project
Jon Parlour Plymouth Sound BSAC Die Frau Metta Catharina von Flensburg - 30 Years On
Neil Dobson Odyssey Marine Exploration HMS Sussex - Deep Water Archaeology in the Mediterranean
David Mearns Blue Water Recoveries Limited The Wrecks of Vicente & Bras Sodre - Uncles to Vasco da Gama
Kevin Camidge   HMS Colossus 2002 - The Truth
Leigh Bishop Deep Image Photographing Deep British Wrecks
2002 (20)
Mike Bowyer   The H5 Submarine
Simon Spooner ADMAT The Perfume Wreck
David Mearns Blue Water Recoveries Limited Hood and Bismarck : The Deepsea Search for an Epic Battle
Martin Dean Archaeological Diving Unit HMS Colossus
Innes McCartney Periscope Publications Operation Deadlight Expedition
Graeme Spink   Wrecks on Film
2001 (19)
Rex Cowan / Alex Hildred The VOC Anniversary Shipwreck Project Recovering Artefacts from the Vliegend Hart (1735)
Marc Jasinski   A semantic question : Does the French OEIL translate into the English FOOT ?
Michael House   The Wreck of the Hope (1748) on Chesil Beach, Dorset
Mark Reeves   Deep Diving on HMS Dasher (1943)
Annabel Lawrence   The Final Voyage of HMS Pandora (1791), the Sequel to the Mutiny on the 'Bounty'
Veronica Robbins UK Receiver of Wreck The amnesty and the 'Adopt a Wreck' scheme
2000 (18)
Selçuk Kolay Rahmi M. Koç Museum The Wreck of the Submarine AE2 : Technical Diving and Archaeology in Turkey
Moya Crawford Deep Water Recovery and Exploration Ltd Deep Water Salvage
Richard Larn Shipwreck & Marine The Sinking of the Submarine M1
Pat Clyne Salvors Inc. / PROSEA "The Future of our History"
Bob Peacock Project Man O War The Stirling Castle, a 70 gun Warship Emerges from the Goodwin Sands
Stephen Trow English Heritage Towards a Policy for Marine Archaeology in the UK
1999 (17)
David Peake DP Photography Wreck Photography
Craig Forrest University of Wolverhampton UNESCO
Martin Read & Dan Staples University of Plymouth The Wreck of the James Eagan Layne
Greg Stemm Odyssey International The Melkarth Phoenecian Wreck, A Bridge Between Commercial and Archaeological Worlds ?
Pat Clyne Salvors Inc. The Search for the Atocha, A Legal Legacy
Jon Adams University of Southampton Deepwater Archaeology – the Diving Range and Beyond
Richard Larn Shipwreck and Marine The Wreck of the Cita
1998 (16)
Veronica Robbins UK Receiver of Wreck Update on Reporting Finds
Jim Tyson & Andy Elliott SWAG The Salcombe Gold Wreck
Mike Williams University of Wolverhampton Designation – A New Legal Challenge
Nick Strange & Martin Webb University of Plymouth Using ‘PhotoModeler’
Karla Graham Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter Conservation of Finds
Dan Burton   Diving the Britannic
Paul Dart Diventure Salcombe Resurgam 1997
1997 (15)
Craig Forrest University of Wolverhampton International Wreck Law
Peter McBride   HMS Coronation, Past, Present & Future
Richard Larn Charlestown Shipwreck Museum The Hanover
Alan Aberg NAS Ancient Monument Act Amendments
Clive Gardener Historical Diving Society Making a Historical Diving Video
John Mayo-Evans   Minnehaha on Mix
Alex Hildred Mary Rose Trust Mary Rose Developments

1996 (14)
Richard Larn Charlestown Shipwreck Museum Treasure Wreck on the Goodwin Sands
Garry Momber NAS Training Mulberry Harbour Survey Project
Mike Williams University of Wolverhampton Legal Aspects of Shipwreck
Dan Burton Aquacorps Magazine Deep Wreck Survey and Photography
Phil Robertson Sound of Mull Arch. Project Sound of Mull and Lundy Island Projects
Dave Parham University of Southampton Tudor Shipwreck on Alderney
1995 (13)
Simon Burton   Update of the Teignmouth Historic Wreck Site
Richard Larn Charlestown Shipwreck Museum Progress in Compiling a National Index of Shipwrecks
David Whiting   The Story of the Campen
Alex Hildred Mary Rose Trust Excavation and Conservation of Guns of the Mary Rose
Rudi Roth   Cannons
Rex Cowan   Voices from the Sea
Jim Tyson SWAG Erme Estuary Ingots

1994 (12)
Mike Williams University of Wolverhampton Lord of the Manor Rights
John Heath   Lundy cannons
Christopher Dobbs Mary Rose Trust Commercial Diving in Archaeology
Alan Aberg NAS Work of the Royal Commission
John Bevan   The Deane Brothers
Richard Larn Charlestown Shipwreck Museum The Lostwithiel barge
Neville Oldham   Erme Estuary Update

1993 (11)
Simon Burton   Update on the Teignmouth historic wreck
Richard Larn   National Index of Shipwrecks
David Whiting   The story of the Campen
Alex Hildred   Excavation and conservation of the guns of the Mary Rose
Rudi Roth   Cannons!
Rex Cowan   Voices from the sea
Jim Tyson   Erne Estuary Ingots

1992 (10)
Martin Woodward   Bembridge Maritime and Shipwreck Centre
John Bingeman   Six Historic Wrecks of the Solent
Jim Tyson & Neville Oldham   Erme Estuary
Richard Larn   Who Invented the Aqualung?
Nick Baker   Historical Diving
Jon Adams   NAS Educational Policy

1991 (9)
Mike Sullivan   Use of the ROV
Martin Dean   The Archaeological Diving Unit
Martin Read   Conservation
J.P. Derriman   Treasures of Research
Alexander McKee   Mary Rose
Nick Baker   Historical Diving

1990 (8)
Steve Birch   Armada Wrecks in Ireland
Keith Boulton   The Teignmouth Wreck Site
Ed Cumming   The Earl of Abergavenny, Waymouth
Nick Baker   The Garrona, lost off Lands End in 1868
James Derriman   Maritime History Research
Alexander McKee   The Hazardous

1989 (7)
Dr Basil Greenhill   The development of the wooden ship
Colin Carpenter   Cannons
Paul Dart   The Catherina site and recent award
Bob Yorke   Proposals for a new national policy
Bob Williams   Magnetometers and navigational aids
Steve Burch   Discovering two armada wrecks
Alexander Flinder   My experiences in archaeology
1988 (6)
Mike Haig   The National Scene / NAS Part 1
Bryan Lonsdale   The History of Magnetic Search; De Liefde, Hollandia, Princess Maria, Svecia, the Future
Tony Randall   An Update – the St Anthony
Simon Aked   HMS Invincible
Tony Randall   An Update – the Schiedam
Roy Davis   The Asparagus Island Wreck
Howard Murray   Recoveries from SS Medina
Paul Dart Diventure Salcombe The Metta Catharina von Flensburg
1987 (5)
Oliver Padel   Cornish coastal names
Basil Greenhill   Westcountrymen in Prince Edward Isle
Tiny Randall   Schiedam
Alan Bax   HMS Coronation
Clive Carter   Beach wreck in Cornwall
Colin Carpenter   Guns
    The Studland Bay site
Reg Vallentine   The Story of Diving
Roy Davies   NAS SW Activities
1986 (4)
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

1985 (3)
S Shaw   SS Iona
Peter McBride   HMS Ramillies
Jon Adams   The Amsterdam
Richard Larn   Submarine M1
M. Nix   SS Flora
J. Clarke   HMS Edinburgh
1984 (2)
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
1983 (1)
Rex Cowan   The Hollandia and Prinses Maria
Phil Burton   The Teignmouth Wreck
Richard Larn   St Anthony Wreck
Martin Dean   The Future of Nautical Archaeology
Peter McBride   HMS Coronation
John Holman   Catharina von Flensburg
Richard Larn   Schiedam
Roy Graham   Bartholomew Ledge Site

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