MAST Archaeology
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We are leaders in UK maritime heritage. Maritime archaeological projects, management & advocacy. Co-creators of Maritime Observatory, protecting heritage.
Preparing #HMSAnson (1781) artefacts for their exhibition at #ChathamDockyard next spring. There are some very fine pieces including #royalnavy medical instruments from the late 18th century newly conserved from the #marinacamroseshipwreckcollection @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Preparing #HMSAnson (1781) artefacts for their exhibition at #ChathamDockyard next spring. There are some very fine pieces including #royalnavy medical instruments from the late 18th century newly conserved from the #marinacamroseshipwreckcollection @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
#Ostend for the #IKUWA 8th International Congress for UCH. Come and find out all about protecting heritage #underwater at our session Thursday on the #maritimeObservatory! And also learn about our amazing new museum collection of artefacts #MarinaCamroseShipwreckCollection @bumaritime.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
#Ostend for the #IKUWA 8th International Congress for UCH. Come and find out all about protecting heritage #underwater at our session Thursday on the #maritimeObservatory! And also learn about our amazing new museum collection of artefacts #MarinaCamroseShipwreckCollection @bumaritime.bsky.social
The last resting places for the sailors of #HMSPrinceofWales and #HMSRepulse sunk in 1941 are still not at peace #VJday Read our piece in @navalreview.bsky.social www.naval-review.com/news-views/m...
Maritime Salvage and the Battle off Malaya - The Naval Review
It took just two hours for the Japanese air attack to sink HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse in December 1941. For the sailors this should have been their last
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August 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The last resting places for the sailors of #HMSPrinceofWales and #HMSRepulse sunk in 1941 are still not at peace #VJday Read our piece in @navalreview.bsky.social www.naval-review.com/news-views/m...
Here we are modelling MAST’s new and very exclusive range whilst working with @bumaritime.bsky.social @buarchanth.bsky.social #maritimearchaeology #Poole
July 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Here we are modelling MAST’s new and very exclusive range whilst working with @bumaritime.bsky.social @buarchanth.bsky.social #maritimearchaeology #Poole
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#WatchingBrief is back with a report on new work by archaeologists from @mastarchaeology.bsky.social and a UK nuclear scientist which casts doubt on one of the most widely reported tropes in marine salvage, that the search for pre-nuclear steel drives the looting of shipwrecks from WW1 and WW2.
Breakthrough: The Myth of Looting of Navy Shipwrecks and Pre-Nuclear Steel!
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w/ @andybrockman.bsky.social
#archaeologynews #thewatchingbrief #independentnews
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#archaeologynews #thewatchingbrief #independentnews
Breakthrough: The Myth of Looting of Navy Shipwrecks and Pre-Nuclear Steel!
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July 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
#WatchingBrief is back with a report on new work by archaeologists from @mastarchaeology.bsky.social and a UK nuclear scientist which casts doubt on one of the most widely reported tropes in marine salvage, that the search for pre-nuclear steel drives the looting of shipwrecks from WW1 and WW2.
Honoured to present the case at @unesco.org for satellite monitoring to detect bad actors at sea using our #MaritimeObservatory, partnership with #OceanMind. Here the case of the looting of #HMSPRINCEOFWALES in the South China Sea by the Chinese barge #ChuanHong68 (full story on MAST’s website).
June 18, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Honoured to present the case at @unesco.org for satellite monitoring to detect bad actors at sea using our #MaritimeObservatory, partnership with #OceanMind. Here the case of the looting of #HMSPRINCEOFWALES in the South China Sea by the Chinese barge #ChuanHong68 (full story on MAST’s website).
Our office this week as a @unesco.org #accreditedNGO @nauticalarch.bsky.social @adramar and others supporting and building #maritimehistory #maritimeheritage and the #marineenvironment
June 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Our office this week as a @unesco.org #accreditedNGO @nauticalarch.bsky.social @adramar and others supporting and building #maritimehistory #maritimeheritage and the #marineenvironment
Before…and after. John Lethbridge’s model diving apparatus. He built his in 1715 and became a prolific shipwreck salvor. We’ve rebuilt our model now @bumaritime.bsky.social #MaritimeHistory #salvage #shipwrecks
June 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Before…and after. John Lethbridge’s model diving apparatus. He built his in 1715 and became a prolific shipwreck salvor. We’ve rebuilt our model now @bumaritime.bsky.social #MaritimeHistory #salvage #shipwrecks
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Recent high-profile incidents of scrap-metal salvors illegally targeting the sunken remains of Second World War warships have drawn attention to the vulnerability of historic shipwrecks around the world.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/is-pre-nucle...
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May 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Recent high-profile incidents of scrap-metal salvors illegally targeting the sunken remains of Second World War warships have drawn attention to the vulnerability of historic shipwrecks around the world.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/is-pre-nucle...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/is-pre-nucle...
MAST with Laurence Jones of the #AtomicWeapons Establishment have teamed up to bust the myth of the link between shipwreck #looters and #prenuclearsteel #shipwrecks #navalwargraves ukdefencejournal.org.uk/is-pre-nucle...
Is pre-nuclear steel behind WWII ship targeting?
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May 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
MAST with Laurence Jones of the #AtomicWeapons Establishment have teamed up to bust the myth of the link between shipwreck #looters and #prenuclearsteel #shipwrecks #navalwargraves ukdefencejournal.org.uk/is-pre-nucle...
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Maritime networks as a vector for early farming/language dispersals: A comparative review www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Maritime networks as a vector for early farming/language dispersals: A comparative review
Maritime networks have been proposed as a mechanism for early agricultural and, by extension, language dispersals in several coastal and island region…
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May 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Maritime networks as a vector for early farming/language dispersals: A comparative review www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We are really excited to welcome Michael Mainelli as MAST’s new Patron. Current @chamberofcommerce.bsky.social President, he brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and wisdom www.thisismast.org/people/trust...
Trustees / Directors
Meet the MAST team, Patrons and trustees.
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April 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We are really excited to welcome Michael Mainelli as MAST’s new Patron. Current @chamberofcommerce.bsky.social President, he brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and wisdom www.thisismast.org/people/trust...
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April 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Great spread in the @dailyexpressnews.bsky.social on our newly acquired #maritimecollection from #Charlestown in Cornwall. #Readallaboutit! #maritimehistory @bournemouthuni.bsky.social @bumaritime.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Great spread in the @dailyexpressnews.bsky.social on our newly acquired #maritimecollection from #Charlestown in Cornwall. #Readallaboutit! #maritimehistory @bournemouthuni.bsky.social @bumaritime.bsky.social
You’ve all seen her gun. Here’s the #SSEastfield bell and possibly a gun sight (we need to study it carefully to be certain). You’ll remember the merchantship was torpedoed in the south western approaches off Cornwall in November 1917 @bumaritime.bsky.social #MaritimeHistory
April 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
You’ve all seen her gun. Here’s the #SSEastfield bell and possibly a gun sight (we need to study it carefully to be certain). You’ll remember the merchantship was torpedoed in the south western approaches off Cornwall in November 1917 @bumaritime.bsky.social #MaritimeHistory
So that’s a wrap. We have 10,337 artefacts and 27% of these are in active decay #maritimeHistory The next major step is to conserve them. Here’s Holly and Ian at the end of their marathon month in #Poole @bumaritime.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
So that’s a wrap. We have 10,337 artefacts and 27% of these are in active decay #maritimeHistory The next major step is to conserve them. Here’s Holly and Ian at the end of their marathon month in #Poole @bumaritime.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
Today it’s a coconut day. This 300 year old fruit was in #HMSAssociation, the 90 gun 2nd rate ship sank in a storms off the #IslesofScilly in 1707 heralding the beginning of the search for #Longitude and safer seas every artefact tells a story @lloydsregister.bsky.social @bumaritime.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Today it’s a coconut day. This 300 year old fruit was in #HMSAssociation, the 90 gun 2nd rate ship sank in a storms off the #IslesofScilly in 1707 heralding the beginning of the search for #Longitude and safer seas every artefact tells a story @lloydsregister.bsky.social @bumaritime.bsky.social
Today's blog features the fascinating SS Eastfield gun and the #RoyalCharter - what is its link to the @metoffice.bsky.social? @bumaritime.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social #MaritimeHistory #Maritimesafety @lrfheritage.bsky.social www.thisismast.org/shipwreck-co...
Shipwreck Collection
Thanks to MAST funding the public will soon be able to see these historic artefacts.
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March 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Today's blog features the fascinating SS Eastfield gun and the #RoyalCharter - what is its link to the @metoffice.bsky.social? @bumaritime.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social #MaritimeHistory #Maritimesafety @lrfheritage.bsky.social www.thisismast.org/shipwreck-co...
Delighted to announce new work with @lrfheritage.bsky.social to identify #Pollutingwrecks in the #Arctic using a range of satellite-based remote sensing techniques #ProjectTangaroa #CEFAS www.thisismast.org/debrief/2025...
Lloyd’s Register Foundation commissions MAST to identify polluting wreck sites in the Arctic
The Arctic Ocean saw millions of tonnes of ship traffic during the First and Second World Wars. In World War Two in particular, Germany’s invasion of Norway and the Soviet Union meant that the Allies ...
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March 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Delighted to announce new work with @lrfheritage.bsky.social to identify #Pollutingwrecks in the #Arctic using a range of satellite-based remote sensing techniques #ProjectTangaroa #CEFAS www.thisismast.org/debrief/2025...
Our latest blog is out now - read all about the Grand Old Lady - and here a pair of binoculars from #RMSMedina @buarchanth.bsky.social @bumaritime.bsky.social #MaritimeHeritage www.thisismast.org/shipwreck-co...
March 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Our latest blog is out now - read all about the Grand Old Lady - and here a pair of binoculars from #RMSMedina @buarchanth.bsky.social @bumaritime.bsky.social #MaritimeHeritage www.thisismast.org/shipwreck-co...
Today we have been examining the #SSEastfield gun - we like a challenge and this is up there! It's a real mishmash -a French 90 mm 1877 cannon from land married to a 1905 Hotchkiss quick firing gun mount with a recoil system added in 1917. It will need a lot of conservation @bumaritime.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today we have been examining the #SSEastfield gun - we like a challenge and this is up there! It's a real mishmash -a French 90 mm 1877 cannon from land married to a 1905 Hotchkiss quick firing gun mount with a recoil system added in 1917. It will need a lot of conservation @bumaritime.bsky.social
Our Latest blog, with a focus on #RMSMedina, is out now! @bournemouthuni.bsky.social #Poole #RoyalYacht www.thisismast.org/shipwreck-co...
Shipwreck Collection
Thanks to MAST funding the public will soon be able to see these historic artefacts.
www.thisismast.org
March 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Our Latest blog, with a focus on #RMSMedina, is out now! @bournemouthuni.bsky.social #Poole #RoyalYacht www.thisismast.org/shipwreck-co...
We can also do bling. Here is a fabulous whistle from #RMSMedina (see also previous) torpedoed in 1917. @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We can also do bling. Here is a fabulous whistle from #RMSMedina (see also previous) torpedoed in 1917. @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
Our new blog just published here including an evolving mystery on Dutch pre #Reformation artefacts #Poole @bournemouthuni.bsky.social www.thisismast.org/shipwreck-co...
March 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Our new blog just published here including an evolving mystery on Dutch pre #Reformation artefacts #Poole @bournemouthuni.bsky.social www.thisismast.org/shipwreck-co...
Some interesting finds today whilst #ExcavatingtheCollection: a bottle of wine from the #Juno wrecked in 1797 identified from its bell in 1970. Also a mouth organ from #Medina. More on our blog tomorrow www.thisismast.org/shipwreck-co...
March 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Some interesting finds today whilst #ExcavatingtheCollection: a bottle of wine from the #Juno wrecked in 1797 identified from its bell in 1970. Also a mouth organ from #Medina. More on our blog tomorrow www.thisismast.org/shipwreck-co...