Site Recorder

13/02/2026

The news of San Jose's discovery, and recent artefact recoveries from the site, has been seen far and wide. Hard work starts after a wreck of such importance is found. The Colombian Government and El Icanh (National Authority for the Management of Archaeological Heritage) held an online two-day conference on the planned future work on the site. The presentation showed that is an integral part of this future work. The team is using SR because its designed for recording large-scale excavations and includes tools to support deep-water interventions.

07/08/2024

The news of San Jose's discovery has been seen far and wide. Hard work starts after a wreck of such importance is found. Earlier this year, the Columbian Government and El Icanh (National Authority for the Management of Archaeological Heritage) held an online two-day conference on the planned future work on the site. The presentation showed that is an integral part of this future work. The team is using SR because its designed for recording large-scale excavations and includes tools to support deep-water interventions.

20/07/2024

We have been busy bringing up to date, and we will highlight some of the unique features SR offers for maritime & intertidal archaeology GIS mapping, recording and surveying of sites.

14/06/2022

We will be speaking tonight on BBC One at 6:30pm about the finding of the and what an exciting find it is!

We will be speaking tonight on BBC One at 6:30pm about the finding of the and what an exciting find it is!

Finds like this are very important, exciting and rare. A shipwreck like this, though some miles offshore is within sports diving range and can be accessed relativly easily. Discoveries like this would not happen without the amazing dive community in the UK and clubs like BSAC - British Sub-Aqua Club and our own Plymouth Sound Divers, that provide a culture of working together to discover something fabulous like the Gloucester or The Mary Rose . Its also wonderful to see our heritage mangers like Historic England providing guidance, support, funds and conservation so that this ship can be protected and

10/06/2022

Very glad to have Maritime Archaeology and Heritage Institute as a client and be supporting their work going forward. This was MAHI’s first time being represented at IKUWA7. We look forward to helping the team inventory their sites in Pakistan in Site Recorder.

25/05/2022

🎉New eBook! 🎉
You can now download our new eBook ‘Aircraft Crash Sites in and Around Plymouth Sound National Marine Park’ ✈️ in the link below.

Have a wander thru the and aircraft stories in the eBook, tales of victories and defeats, crashes and recoveries.

Did you know there are over 35 crashed aircrafts in Plymouth Sound?

The eBook downlaod is free, but a donation of £4 or more to The SHIPS Project would be appreciated.

http://shipsproject.org/publications.html

25/04/2022

There are more than 35 aircraft crashed in Plymouth Sound National Marine Park, look out for the forthcoming book by The SHIPS Project which tells the story of each one.

https://shipsproject.org/aircraft.html

Plymouth Sound National Marine Park The Box Plymouth Plymouth City Council

21/03/2022

On this day in 1945, the US Liberty ship James Eagan Layne was torpedoed by U-399 between Plymouth and the Eddystone lighthouse. Despite the huge hole in her side the ship remained afloat and she was beached in Whitsand Bay shortly after. The wreck has been visited by sports divers since the 1950s and is still many divers' favourite wreck.

16/03/2022

Great to see CLUE back giving talks on the amazing work they do in Lake Erie finding and mapping shipwrecks.

Picture by Cindy LaRosa
Pictured Kevin Magee

22/09/2021

Irish Navy passes first women diver!
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History was made at Haulbowline naval base in Co Cork when Sub Lieutenant Tahlia Britton became the first woman to join the Naval Service diving unit.

Completing 100 hours of dives up to 38 meters deep and graduating as the first female diver in the Irish Naval Service.

The Naval Service diving course is considered the toughest, both physically and mentally to be undertaken by members of Ireland’s Defence Forces. The 30 or so elite divers who make up the naval diving unit are responsible for search and recovery, underwater engineering and explosive ordnance disposal operations.

🎉Congrats to Sub. Lt Tahlia Britton!!

Picture source: Irish Naval Service See Les