We are leaders in UK maritime heritage. Maritime archaeological projects, management & advocacy. Co-creators of Maritime Observatory, protecting heritage.https://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3me4uph53mk2pVery excited to be forming a new and strong alliance with @yorkarchaeology.bsky.social the two top names in #maritimeheritage and #conservation in the UK! https://www.thisismast.org/debrief/2026-02.html05 Feb 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3me4uph53mk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3mdnnsrrebs2hOut now! read all about it! How satellite technologies and large-scale digital datasets can be used to #UCH. Thanks to #HonorFrostFoundation we used our #MaritimeObservatory to investigate looting on the Egadi #BronzeAge site of #Sicily. #heritagecrime https://honorfrostfoundation.org/2026/01/23/new-publication-satellite-monitoring-of-underwater-cultural-heritage/30 Jan 2026 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnnsrrebs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3mdfodcvs4k2m#hmsinvincible’s cutwater, raised in 2019 (top left) weighing over 9 tonnes has since been soaked in 15 cubic metres of PEG for 4 years, drained (top right) by @bumaritime.bsky.social now being cleaned b4 being rebuilt and returned to the #NMRN All at our #ArchaeologyCentre in #poole27 Jan 2026 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdfodcvs4k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3ma4nbiwpc227Delighted that #Santa has delivered our loan of the #HMSAnson collection of artefacts to #TheHistoricDockyardChatham for exhibition starting March 26, 2026 @bournemouthuni.bsky.social @bumaritime.bsky.social One for the diary!16 Dec 2025 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma4nbiwpc227https://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3m7pshshyvc2zWe are delighted that an eminent #Dorset funder has just donated a significant sum towards the #conservation of our #EASTFIELD gun from the #MarinaCamroseCollection @bournemouthuni.bsky.social More on the gun here: https://www.thisismast.org/shipwreck-collection.html11 Dec 2025 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7pshshyvc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3m7pbbgmosk23It's that time of the year again - Here's our 2025 Newsletter! Read all about it! https://www.thisismast.org/mast-newsletter.html11 Dec 2025 09:31 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7pbbgmosk23https://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3m5etnd57yk2cPreparing #HMSAnson (1781) artefacts for their exhibition at #ChathamDockyard next spring. There are some very fine pieces including #royalnavy medical instruments from the late 18th century newly conserved from the #marinacamroseshipwreckcollection @bournemouthuni.bsky.social11 Nov 2025 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5etnd57yk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3m33efb5ask2r#Ostend for the #IKUWA 8th International Congress for UCH. Come and find out all about protecting heritage #underwater at our session Thursday on the #maritimeObservatory! And also learn about our amazing new museum collection of artefacts #MarinaCamroseShipwreckCollection @bumaritime.bsky.social13 Oct 2025 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m33efb5ask2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3lwjafxgab22oThe last resting places for the sailors of #HMSPrinceofWales and #HMSRepulse sunk in 1941 are still not at peace #VJday Read our piece in @navalreview.bsky.social https://www.naval-review.com/news-views/maritime-salvage-and-the-battle-off-malaya/16 Aug 2025 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwjafxgab22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3ltultnnrfk26Here we are modelling MAST’s new and very exclusive range whilst working with @bumaritime.bsky.social @buarchanth.bsky.social #maritimearchaeology #Poole13 Jul 2025 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltultnnrfk26https://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3lrun6unmhk2wHonoured to present the case at @unesco.org for satellite monitoring to detect bad actors at sea using our #MaritimeObservatory, partnership with #OceanMind. Here the case of the looting of #HMSPRINCEOFWALES in the South China Sea by the Chinese barge #ChuanHong68 (full story on MAST’s website).18 Jun 2025 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrun6unmhk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3lrq36abucs2rOur office this week as a @unesco.org #accreditedNGO @nauticalarch.bsky.social @adramar and others supporting and building #maritimehistory #maritimeheritage and the #marineenvironment16 Jun 2025 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrq36abucs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3lqsojg3u422tBefore…and after. John Lethbridge’s model diving apparatus. He built his in 1715 and became a prolific shipwreck salvor. We’ve rebuilt our model now @bumaritime.bsky.social #MaritimeHistory #salvage #shipwrecks04 Jun 2025 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqsojg3u422thttps://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3lplxlxqkic2cMAST with Laurence Jones of the #AtomicWeapons Establishment have teamed up to bust the myth of the link between shipwreck #looters and #prenuclearsteel #shipwrecks #navalwargraves https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/is-pre-nuclear-steel-behind-wwii-ship-targeting/20 May 2025 11:17 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lplxlxqkic2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3lnux65bb2s2fWe are really excited to welcome Michael Mainelli as MAST’s new Patron. Current @chamberofcommerce.bsky.social President, he brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and wisdom https://www.thisismast.org/people/trustees-directors.html28 Apr 2025 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnux65bb2s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3lmyiifc45k2dGreat spread in the @dailyexpressnews.bsky.social on our newly acquired #maritimecollection from #Charlestown in Cornwall. #Readallaboutit! #maritimehistory @bournemouthuni.bsky.social @bumaritime.bsky.social17 Apr 2025 06:35 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmyiifc45k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3llycjexark2gYou’ve all seen her gun. Here’s the #SSEastfield bell and possibly a gun sight (we need to study it carefully to be certain). You’ll remember the merchantship was torpedoed in the south western approaches off Cornwall in November 1917 @bumaritime.bsky.social #MaritimeHistory04 Apr 2025 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3llycjexark2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3lle454efe223So that’s a wrap. We have 10,337 artefacts and 27% of these are in active decay #maritimeHistory The next major step is to conserve them. Here’s Holly and Ian at the end of their marathon month in #Poole @bumaritime.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social27 Mar 2025 10:36 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lle454efe223https://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3ll77lsc7oc2zToday it’s a coconut day. This 300 year old fruit was in #HMSAssociation, the 90 gun 2nd rate ship sank in a storms off the #IslesofScilly in 1707 heralding the beginning of the search for #Longitude and safer seas every artefact tells a story @lloydsregister.bsky.social @bumaritime.bsky.social25 Mar 2025 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll77lsc7oc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3lkvmjdcunc2nToday's blog features the fascinating SS Eastfield gun and the #RoyalCharter - what is its link to the @metoffice.bsky.social? @bumaritime.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social #MaritimeHistory #Maritimesafety @lrfheritage.bsky.social https://www.thisismast.org/shipwreck-collection.html21 Mar 2025 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkvmjdcunc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3lksehzu77s2zDelighted to announce new work with @lrfheritage.bsky.social to identify #Pollutingwrecks in the #Arctic using a range of satellite-based remote sensing techniques #ProjectTangaroa #CEFAS https://www.thisismast.org/debrief/2025-03-19.html20 Mar 2025 09:17 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lksehzu77s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3lks4rcg7ic2rOur latest blog is out now - read all about the Grand Old Lady - and here a pair of binoculars from #RMSMedina @buarchanth.bsky.social @bumaritime.bsky.social #MaritimeHeritage https://www.thisismast.org/shipwreck-collection.html20 Mar 2025 06:59 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lks4rcg7ic2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3lkpppkkmsc27Today we have been examining the #SSEastfield gun - we like a challenge and this is up there! It's a real mishmash -a French 90 mm 1877 cannon from land married to a 1905 Hotchkiss quick firing gun mount with a recoil system added in 1917. It will need a lot of conservation @bumaritime.bsky.social19 Mar 2025 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkpppkkmsc27https://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3lkdxx3m6mc2aOur Latest blog, with a focus on #RMSMedina, is out now! @bournemouthuni.bsky.social #Poole #RoyalYacht https://www.thisismast.org/shipwreck-collection.html14 Mar 2025 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdxx3m6mc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mastarchaeology.bsky.social/post/3lkbl5lnn522zWe can also do bling. Here is a fabulous whistle from #RMSMedina (see also previous) torpedoed in 1917. @bournemouthuni.bsky.social13 Mar 2025 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:k3xe4xtu7zay5myvmssgnlpj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbl5lnn522z