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Model of a partially buried bronze cannon . The arms are of Phillip IV of Spain and the gun was made near Brussels for his army
Her assessment confirmed that the wrecks were of significant historic interest and recommended that Historic England were advised and applications made for the wrecks to be designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act . Martin and Dave have subsequently been working with the Maritime Archaeology Trust and Wessex Archaeology , both of whom are advisors to Historic England .
Martin will be the approved licensee for both of the wreck sites . He plans to continue working with other volunteer divers and the archaeologists to learn more about the ships involved .
The divers and the discoveries
Martin is now retired , but his working life has been spent either on , under or around the sea , including some 15 years as a lifeboat engineer , diver and crew training instructor for the RNLI . Dave Fox is also retired … and also a former lifeboat engineer with the RNLI .
Martin and Dave ’ s earlier diving activities centred mostly around the larger steamship wrecks , of which there are a large number around the Isle of Wight . The wrecks date as early as the mid-1800s
Highly detailed decoration on one of the bronze cannons on the NW68 site . Dated 1628 with a large crest of King Phillip IV of Spain
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3D model of a small part of the NW68 wreck site