Rov 1
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- Video transmitted from the Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to the control room of the research vessel revealed this anchor and cannon on the shipwreck site believed to be the remains of HMS Sussex.
Odyssey Marine Exploration located this site nearly 3000 feet deep in the Western Mediterranean. Odyssey began research and project development on this search in 1995. Expeditions were mounted in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001. Odyssey is currently planning the archaeological excavation of this shipwreck site. At a depth of approximately 3,000 feet, it will be the most extensive archaeological excavation ever undertaken in the deep ocean by robotic intervention.
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Cannon
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- Cannon, partly buried, are visible on the top layer of this shipwreck site believed to be HMS Sussex. Plans are currently underway to go beyond this top layer during the archaeological excavation of this shipwreck site. At a depth of approximately 3,000 feet, it will be the most extensive archaeological excavation ever undertaken in the deep ocean by robotic intervention.
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Ancient Shipwreck
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- During the search for HMS Sussex, Odyssey Marine Exploration discovered several ancient shipwrecks, including this Roman shipwreck, unseen by humans for 2000 years. |
ROV Retrieval
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- After exploring the shipwreck site nearly 3000 feet below, the Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) is retrieved and brought back on the deck of the research vessel. The ROV is surrounded by a "cage" during launch and retrieval. This cage is the metal object around the yellow ROV. Once the ROV reaches the bottom, it flies free of the cage tethered by 100 meters of cable. |
Cannon Inspection
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- Odyssey's project archaeologist, Neil Cunningham Dobson, and Odyssey Co-Founder, Greg Stemm, inspect a cannon concretion that was retrieved from the shipwreck site believed to be HMS Sussex. This artifact and several others recovered for identification purposes were prepared for conservation after the initial inspection. |
Cannon Recovery
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- A cannon concretion is carefully lowered to the deck after its recovery from a shipwreck site nearly 3000 feet deep. The artifact recovery was supervised by Odyssey project archaeologist, Neil Cunningham Dobson. |
ROV Pilot
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- The activities of the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) were controlled by the ROV pilot in the control room , nearly 3000 feet above the shipwreck site. |
Cannon Recovery 2
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- Odyssey Marine Exploration carefully recovers a cannon concretion. The cannon is from the shipwreck site believed to be HMS Sussex and has been at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea for more than more than 300 years. |
Amphora 1
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- This short video clip is a bird's eye view of a small section of the Melkarth site, showing how many of the amphorae are still stacked like they were on the deck of the ship when it went down 2,500 years ago. You can also see one of the unusual eel-like deep water fish swimming over the wrecksite. |
Amphora 2
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reference, the amphorae in the picture are all about 3 feet long. |
Fishgame
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- This video clip shows one of the eel-like fish, that live in the amphorae, coming out of its den to challenge the ROV's manipulator. |