[pnz1]

I’ve been watching this on the Discovery Channel, pretty neat..

[skeeter]

Then the high-definition lens came upon the first of the enormous bronze guns. Iron reacts with seawater to form bulging, misshapen concretions, but bronze survives well.

Historian Arthur Herman directly attributes Britain's ability to forge bronze cannon with her domination of the seas and, as a result, her empire. Pick up To Rule the Waves if you have time. Its a great read.

Fascinating find. I wonder how much they'll be able to bring up & display.

[pnz1]

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/treasure-quest/treasure-quest.html

http://blogs.discovery.com/ocean_odyssey/

Here’s a couple of links to the Discovery Channel.

[sport]

Mark

[PeaceBeWithYou]

Hmmm. I've been following this on The Discovery Channel. Their second ship is Ocean Alert.

Last week they were complaining about how anyone with a computer and internet access could track them anywhere in the world.

Both are in port ATM. I wouldn't have thought to look except for his complaint. ;-)

[nickcarraway]

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[SunkenCiv]

Age of Sail
Wreck of renowned British warship found in Channel
	02/01/2009 9:42:19 AM PST · Posted by george76 · 19 replies · 671+ views Associated Press | February 01, 2009 | MITCH STACY, Florida deep-sea explorers who found $500 million in sunken treasure two years ago say they have discovered another prized shipwreck: A legendary British man-of-war that sank in the English Channel 264 years ago. Odyssey Marine Exploration hasn't found any gold this time, but it's looking for an even bigger jackpot. The company's research indicates the HMS Victory was carrying 4 tons of gold coins that could be worth considerably more than the treasure that Odyssey raised from a sunken Spanish galleon in 2007, co-founder Greg Stemm said ahead of a news conference set for Monday in London. So far, Odyssey...
Wreck of HMS Victory 'recovered from Channel'
	02/01/2009 4:24:28 PM PST · Posted by PotatoHeadMick · 31 replies · 918+ views Daily Telegraph (UK) | 01 Feb 2009 | Jon Swaine Wreck of HMS Victory 'recovered from Channel' The shipwrecked predecessor to Lord Nelson's HMS Victory, which is thought to contain millions of pounds' worth of gold, is thought to have been found at the bottom of the English Channel. The ship, the fourth of six HMS Victories, sunk with its 1,150 sailors in October 1744 around The Casquets, a group of rocks off the Channel Islands. Among other valuable artefacts, it is thought to contain 100,000 gold coins. After months of secrecy, Odyssey Marine Exploration, a US company, is expected to confirm on Monday that the ship, codenamed "Legend", that...