Connor Grzesiak giving the morning Dive and Health and Safety Briefing
Under the shade of the trees, the Team get equipped.
Raimund Krob pilots the Drone for an areal survey of the wreck site.
The Drone survey commences.
Dr Florence Prudhomme and Raimund Krob recover one of the gudgeon sections.
Connor gets ready for his first dive of the day.
The second wave of divers starts their work as the wind increases.
A local fishing boat on the beach. A far cry from when there were over 150 men on the beach following the battle and the destruction of Le Dragon.
Lt. Venture from ONPCS assists with the work and protects the ADMAT crew.
Team photo.
Raimund Krob and Dr Florence Prudhomme uncovering a target found with the gradiometer close to the hull planking found in 2018.
Rami relaxing propr to a change of tanks.
Rami discussing the day’s findings with Dr Louis Desvernay.
The Directors from ONPCS, Juan Lopez Director general with Director Francis Soto being briefed on the survey results by Dr Spooner.
Dr Spooner examining the latest hull section and keel bolt as it is slowly uncovered.
One of the bent iron keel bolts in a 17 ft long section of the keelson, 53 meters away from the amidships section of the wreck.
The documentation continues as the long diagonal scarf joint is uncovered which was to attach the keelson to the existing keelson.
Raimund Krob working to uncover a section of a floor still attached to the keel and keelson by the iron keel bolts.
Steven Fhren and Steven Abell measuring the sections of the keel.
A section of the seven-foot-long diagonal scarf joint on the keelson and one of the bent iron keel bolts.
Measuring the seaward end of the keelson with worm casing tubes clearly visible. The broken section of the keel is the lover timber.
The keel on the left a floor section under the sand with the keel bolt and the keelson on the right.
A close up of the broken floor section with the iron keel bolt sandwiched between the keelson on the left and the keel on the right.
Steven Abell using the Aquascan DX2000 Graidiometer to detect more items around the keel extension section.
The beginning of the 7ft long diagonal scarf joint.
Dr Spooner and Robert Yee working the dredge to determine how far the keel section goes.
Showing the seaward end of the keel extension.
Hand fanning the sand away for the photographs.
