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Anglo~Danish Maritime Archaeological Team St Kitts Maritime Archaeological Project 2003 Phase 1 White House Bay Wreck The Base Camp Preparation: Page 1 With the support of the St. Christopher Heritage Society and The Ministry of Tourism, Commerce & Consumer Affairs |
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The whole project would not have been possible without the dedicated team work in preparing and collecting all the necessary equipment, as well as sponsorship from a number of companies. Bob Williams of Aquascan International Ltd, very kindly lent us a drop camera, metal detectors and a Proton Magnetometer. Steve Robinson from The Geest Line gave the project fantastic support in sponsoring the loan and shipping of two containers, from the UK to St Kitts and back. The Late WO2 Mick Culling, Director of ADMAT and our quartermaster amongst other jobs undertook the massive task of collecting, scrounging and commandeering about 20 tonnes of equipment necessary for the project. To the team's great sadness he died in late December 2002 prior to the project actually starting. His task was taken over by Andy Shrimpton and Jeremy Schomberg. In late February we were informed that most of the equipment that was to be loaned to us by the British Army was needed in the Gulf War. This created a major problem in that we needed to find replacement equipment in under a week to make the shipping deadline. Andy and Jeremy achieved nothing short of a miracle in obtaining all the necessary equipment from friends, scout units, Rutlish Combined Cadet Force, 151 Regiment PLC (V) and the Bank of England Sports and Social Club. The team members who put all the equipment together and then assisted in transporting it down to Southampton were: Chris Arnold, Christine Nielsen, Dr. Toby Parker, Jeremy Schomberg, Andy Shrimpton and Simon Spooner. |
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| Chris works on lowering the transom on one of ADMAT's inflatable boats. | Christine assisting Chris. Note the garage full of equipment. | Simon's back yard full of inflatable boats! |
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| The "Office Tent" was donated by Dr. Toby Parker, ADMAT's Professor of Maritime Archaeology. | Like all the equipment, the tent was tested. | The view from the office window. |
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| The arrival of the first batch of equipment at The Geest Line shipping depot in Southampton. Jeremy kindly arranged transportation. | Simon, Andy & Jeremy in front of the two containers supplied by The Geest Line. |
One of the official project signs. |
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| Andy arranged and drove the army transport to deliver two pontoon boats donated to ADMAT by the Army, as arranged by Mick. | The off loading. | Andy rigs the strops. |
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| Ready to be lifter by a fork lift. | Andy oversees the delicate lifting operation. The forklift was provided by The Geest Line. | The first pontoon boat is gently slid into the container. |
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| Gently does it. | Andy relieved that the pontoon boats have been loaded without damage. | Jeremy & Simon start filling the containers. |
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| How to quickly fill a container. | Official pose No:1 | Official pose No:2 |
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