2013 Shipwreck Conference

The 31st International Shipwreck Conference was held today @ Plymouth in the U.K.

Speakers included :

• Jon Parlour - Catharina von Flensburg
• Steve Clarkson - HMS Venerable
• Fred Hocker - VASA: Old Myths and new research
• Steve Mortimer & Rick Ayrton - HMS Stockforce
• Peter Day - Royal Charter
• Ray Ives -  His Life Diving
• Guido Gay - Italian battleship Roma
• Nick Hall - Replication and testing of Tudor naval guns

 Once again the talks were all fascinating and very varied. Guido Gay's deep exploration with his very specialist equipment, made by him and his company. I think everyone in the room wanted the equipment that he had on his boat. HMS Stockforce was a Q-ship, a specially converted merchant vessel with hidden weapons.
A lot of the talks wasn't about the diving but more of the ships histories, fascinating in itself.
Thanks to everyone who gave the talks and the organisers, a interesting day.