National Maritime Museum acquires Liquid Traces: The Left to Die Boat Case from Forensic Oceanography
The National Maritime Museum -- Royal Museums Greenwich, UK -- has recently acquired Liquid Traces: The Left to Die Boat Case, a video made by Forensic Oceanography researchers Lorenzo Pezzani and Charles Heller in 2014.Forensic Oceanography is a project that emerged out of Forensic Architecture based at Goldsmiths, University of London. Liquid Traces interrogates the impact of policies and practices of abandoning migrant vessels in distress in overlapping jurisdictions, as evidenced during the First Libyan Civil War in 2011.The video reconstructs the route of a small boat that was carrying seventy-two
Has Captain Cook’s Ship Endeavour Been Found?
The Australian National Maritime Museum has announced a shipwreck found in Newport Harbor, off Rhode Island in the United States, has been confirmed as Captain Cook’s ship, HMB Endeavour.There have been very similar announcements made over the years but have they finally made a definitive case?By making its announcement, the Australian National Maritime Museum seems to have decided so, and there does seem to have been significant recent progress, centered on one shipwreck that matches the known details of the Endeavour closely.However, reports soon emerged lead investigator on the Endeavour
Fugro Joins Hunt for Long-lost WWI Sub
will use a state-of-the-art multibeam echosounder to conduct a bathymetric survey and a sophisticated autonomous underwater vehicle for close examination of the search area. The expedition will be led by the not-for-profit-company Find AE1 Ltd, with support from Fugro, the Australian National Maritime Museum and the Submarine Institute of Australia. Another not-for-profit organization, Silentworld Foundation, which focuses on Australasian maritime archaeology, and the Royal Australian Navy are also major sponsors funding the efforts to locate this piece of Australian history and enable proper
Learning About Underwater Science
the world of underwater science. SUT is inviting local schools to events in Aberdeen and London to help them learn about the careers opportunities that the oceans have to offer. The free events, which take place at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Center on December 2 and at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich on December 4, will include a structured mix of audio-visual presentations by leading industry experts from a range of underwater science and technology backgrounds. The Aberdeen session is aimed at primary 6 and 7 children. They will hear presentations from three industry
One Century of Australian Submarines
next chapter of our submarine capability we are ready to put in practice all we’ve learnt in the past 100 years.” After the launch the Minister joined children from St Francis of Assisi school to write messages of hope in bottles which they hung on the submarine HMAS Onslow at the National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbor. A range of events has been announced to recognize and celebrate Australia’s submarine centenary including the commemoration of the nation’s first submarine loss – the AE1, sunk with all hands in May 1914 off the coast on Papua New Guinea.
February 2024
