The most recent wreck finding around ...

kronckew · 16th September 2017, 06:31 PM

cool, almost as old as that warrior (

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fernando · 6th September 2018, 04:20 PM

I have phoned the city archaeologist. The cannons are still there and there they will be. Too much red tape and misinformation. The state department requires that, among other conditions, stainless steel tanks must be provided to plunge the cannons and submit hem to anti-corrosion treatment (electrolysis). When the State dropped the city hall licence application, the tanks were already there, but they didn't now. It will be another zillion years to achieve the necessary authorization to rescue the cannons; which is no easy task, due to their localization, sandwiched between rocks.

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M ELEY · 7th September 2018, 04:39 AM

Well, "Nando, judging from that mighty warrior pic of yourself from earlier, you could always swim to the bottom and bring them up yourself-

Thanks for continued postings on this fascinating wreck.

fernando · 7th September 2018, 11:24 AM

I volunteered for such task, with the condition to keep one of them cannons for my little collection ... but they declined

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M ELEY · 7th September 2018, 11:39 AM

bvieira · 10th September 2018, 01:05 AM

Hello Fernando,

That is a fantastic find, where i live on Cascais there are reported many shipwrecks, i have dive sometimes here , managed to get part of a board Mill and some lead itens from a ship from Índia carrer.

From the news i understand that hundreds of itens appear on the beach since 2004... Oh oh good i bet there was guys there with a metal detector.

Regards,

BV

fernando · 18th September 2018, 05:00 PM

Actually i saw an amphora the other day that could well be part of the vast number of items that came ashore... or even recuperated from the bottom of the sea. I have tried to follow its track, but it vanished.

16th September 2017, 06:31 PM	#1
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,216	cool, almost as old as that warrior ()

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fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	I have phoned the city archaeologist. The cannons are still there and there they will be. Too much red tape and misinformation. The state department requires that, among other conditions, stainless steel tanks must be provided to plunge the cannons and submit hem to anti-corrosion treatment (electrolysis). When the State dropped the city hall licence application, the tanks were already there, but they didn't now. It will be another zillion years to achieve the necessary authorization to rescue the cannons; which is no easy task, due to their localization, sandwiched between rocks. . Attached Images Last edited by fernando; 6th September 2018 at 07:29 PM.

7th September 2018, 04:39 AM	#3
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,141	Well, "Nando, judging from that mighty warrior pic of yourself from earlier, you could always swim to the bottom and bring them up yourself- Thanks for continued postings on this fascinating wreck.

7th September 2018, 11:24 AM	#4
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	I volunteered for such task, with the condition to keep one of them cannons for my little collection ... but they declined .

7th September 2018, 11:39 AM	#5
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,141

10th September 2018, 01:05 AM	#6
bvieira Member Join Date: Jul 2018 Posts: 108	Hello Fernando, That is a fantastic find, where i live on Cascais there are reported many shipwrecks, i have dive sometimes here , managed to get part of a board Mill and some lead itens from a ship from Índia carrer. From the news i understand that hundreds of itens appear on the beach since 2004... Oh oh good i bet there was guys there with a metal detector. Regards, BV

18th September 2018, 05:00 PM	#7
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Actually i saw an amphora the other day that could well be part of the vast number of items that came ashore... or even recuperated from the bottom of the sea. I have tried to follow its track, but it vanished.