Internat J Naut Archaeol 29 (1)

Discusses two wrecks -- the Assurance (lost in 1753) and the Pomone (lost 1811). Archaeological evidence from the Pomone is compared with two surviving sister ships and the presumption of incomprehensible `scrambling' on Muckleroy Class 5 wreck sites is robustly challenged. The organisation and methodology of twenty-five years licensed investigations on the site is reviewed, and it is concluded that the UK policy regarding the invasive investigation of historic shipwrecks cannot be readily reconciled with the principles of `sustainability' embodied in European Agenda 21.

A report on the remains of the hull of a presumed sixteenth-century ship excavated between 1984 and 1992. The paper demonstrates how much can be learned about construction and design from in situ recording. The vessel is compared with other vessels of the so-called Iberian-Atlantic tradition, and rigging modifications are suggested. Artefactual evidence suggests that the vessel was wrecked in the early-sixteenth century (pre 1530).

A report on the application of interferometric sonar equipment for topographical survey of the site of the wreck of HMS Pomone (lost in 1811) -- see also 2001.