The Island Wreck Site Underwater And Associated Photographs

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Our Dominican Dive Master Rami spotted something unusual in the coral. It appeared to be a base of a bottle but looked blue in colour. Four "blue" glass wine bottle bases were located. The glass appeared to give a bright blue hue underwater but when one was recovered to analyse it was found to be yellow green glass. This is the first time we have found these "blue" hexagonal glass bottle bases, and research will be ongoing into these to see what clues can be found.

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One of the strange blue hexagonal glass bottle bases in the coral

One of the strange blue hexagonal glass bottle bases in the coral

 A close-up

 A close-up

The second blue glass bottle base with the same "blue" hue

The second blue glass bottle base with the same "blue" hue

The third blue glass bottle base

The third blue glass bottle base

The fourth blue glass bottle base

The fourth blue glass bottle base

Mike measuring the bottle bases in

Mike measuring the bottle bases in

Looking down the coral wall of the drop off which went down from 7m to 28m

Looking down the coral wall of the drop off which went down from 7m to 28m

Black spiny sea urchins were in abundance, but unlike their cousins in St Kitts on the White House Bay Wreck site, these thankfully remained static

Black spiny sea urchins were in abundance, but unlike their cousins in St Kitts on the White House Bay Wreck site, these thankfully remained static

Blue tangs which were in shoals

Blue tangs which were in shoals

Peter getting back from a successful dive

Peter getting back from a successful dive

More great coral

More great coral

The trunnions of one of the larger cannons

The trunnions of one of the larger cannons

Two iron cannons on the southern cannon pile

Two iron cannons on the southern cannon pile

One of the nearly invisable gardians of the wreck site

One of the nearly invisable gardians of the wreck site

Peter measuring

Peter measuring

The sand gullies between the coral on the wreck site may well reveal other clues

The sand gullies between the coral on the wreck site may well reveal other clues

Wesley looking on

Wesley looking on

 The northern cannon pile

 The northern cannon pile

ADMAT's maritime archaeological  work on this wreck site was assisted by ADMAT-FRANCE a non profit organisation based in the Institut de Paléontologie Humaine, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

ADMAT-FRANCE is a sub division of the Anglo ~ Danish Maritime Archaeological Team

ADMAT is delighted to have an association with Muséum Nationald’Histoire Naturelle at Paris, départememt Préhistoire, UMR-CNRS 7194.