Scourge’s fi gurehead of British naval hero, Lord Nelson
Hamilton’s stout cat head timber, used for raising the anchor clear of the ship’s hull
the wrecks, as well as colour video come from that expedition, Moore said. “The high quality colour slides of both wrecks – it was the fi rst time Scourge was imaged - show in great detail the schooners as if frozen in time,” he said. “It’s an appropriate cliché in the case of these wrecks because they were used extensively by researchers who created several sets of archaeological site plans.” He said the images were especially valuable today, considering the mussel colonization that now covers and obscures most of the features photographed in 1982. All the 1982 slides have now been digitized. Quagga mussels have killed the feasibility
of raising the ships as seen with Sweden’s Vasa and England’s Mary Rose but the extensive research of Hamilton and Scourge could be the basis for construction of full scale replicas. The knowledge base on the wrecks since their location by Dr. Daniel Nelson is the result of many organizations, some of which still play a role in either the exploration, research, mapping, conservation, management, archiving or storytelling of these archaeological treasures. They include the City of Hamilton, National Geographic Society, Aqua Probe Limited, Parks Canada, ASI Group, Canadian Conservation Institute, United States Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Coast Guard, Canadian Hydrographic Service, Royal Ontario Museum, YAP Films and Peter Rowe Productions Inc.
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