Projects
A number of projects have been started under the umbrella of the SHIPS Project. These smaller projects are diving projects where shipwreck sites are investigated by divers, they are recording projects that gather information, projects run by students at the University of Plymouth and research projects recording information in books and archives.
The projects are run by different people or groups and are co-ordinated by the SHIPS Project. The Project web site is used to publish the results of the smaller projects, to help exchange information between different groups and to help find resources to get each project completed.
- Diving and Geophysics Projects
- The search for a Roman river crossing near Calstock
- Identifying geophysical targets in and around Plymouth Sound
- Recording and mapping the James Eagan Layne for the Liberty 70 Project
- Investigation of the Millbay cannon site
- Geophysical survey of the Coronation (1691) off Penlee Point
- The Search for the 'submarine' Maria
- Recording the SS Rosehill in Whitsand Bay
- Recording Projects
- 'Stray Finds'
- The Guns of Plymouth
- Anchors
- Recording Hulks
Recording, photographing and drawing objects recovered from Plymouth Sound, with the information published on the Finds pages
Recording the big guns and cannons in and around Plymouth Sound
Recording anchors for the BigAnchorProject
Recording and documenting the hulks and shipwrecks on the shores of the Sound
- Adopting Archives
Collecting unwanted research papers, documents and photographs about sites in Plymouth and elsewhere. The archives are scanned then the original documents and photographs are depositied with an appropriate museum or institution.
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University Projects (with the University of Plymouth and University of Bristol)
- A Comparison of Survey Techniques to Position and Locate Leisure Boat Moorings, Paul Neave (MSc Hydrography)
- Debris Field Survey of the James Eagan Layne, Matthew Howell (MSc Hydrography)
- Magnetometer Data Presentation and Field Prediction for Shipwrecks, David Crampton (MSc Hydrography)
- Increasing Penetration of Geophysical Surveys in Confined and Shallow Waters, Gregory Tan (MSc Hydrography)
- An Archaeological Survey of Firestone Bay, Martin Davis (BSc Ocean Exploration)
- A Geophysical Survey of Jennycliff Bay in Search of the Steam Tug Lucy, Stuart Bridges (BSc Ocean Exploration)
- 34 Years of Investigations into the Cattewater Wreck, Elizabeth Swann (MSc Hydrography)
- A Cost-Benefit Study for Marine Archaeological Surveys, Thomas Hanford (BSc Ocean Exploration)
- Geophysical Search for the Dutton, Mick Dougal (MSc Hydrography)
- Sequencing Marine Growth Patterns on Artefacts, Alun Fraser (BSc Environmental Science)
- A Cost-Benefit Study for Marine Archaeological Surveys, Thomas Hanford (BSc Ocean Exploration)
- An Investigation of the Navigability of the River Plym and the Potential for Expansion of Use, Charles Nunn (BSc Hydrography and Navigation)
- A Site Management Tool for Shallow Harbour Wrecks, Ashley Gould (University of Bristol)
- Research Projects
- Plymouth Shipwreck Database
- Early Trade in the South-West
Research into the early trade in tin and other metals in South Devon
- The story of the James Eagan Layne
The story of the life and loss of the liberty ship James Eagan Layne and her subsequent use as a dive site. For the Liberty 70 Project.
- The loss of the Royal Navy ships in and around Plymouth
Research into the loss of HMS Pallas (1798), HMS Amethyst (1811), HMS Fearless (1804) etc.
- Technology Projects
A database of all of the recorded shipwrecks in Plymouth
- Marine Magnetometers in Archaeology (with CISMAS, Geosa and Marine Magnetics)
- Seabed Mapping with Multibeam Echo Sounders (with Swathe Services)
- Subsea positioning for shipwreck mapping (with Sonardyne International Ltd.)
- The use of submersibles for maritime archaeology (with MSubs Ltd.)
If you would like to be involved with the SHIPS Project then please contact us.
