MALVERN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIVING UNIT
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Projects
Below is a list of some of the Projects in which M.A.D.U. has had some fun, & hopefully been of some assistance:-
| Year | Project / Site | Description |
| 2002 & 2006 | not The Diamond |
This Wreck Site was designated in 2002, and was the first site designation made by the recently established Welsh Assembly. The first licence to dive & survey this site was granted to M.A.D.U. by C.A.D.W. in July 2002. Research & work on the site has been carried out in an attempt to determine wether on not the wreck on the site is that of the "Diamond", a three masted American sailing ship that sunk in Cardigan Bay in 1825. |
| 2000 & 2001 | Iona II | Inspection & Survey work on the Protected Historic Wreck Site of the Steam Powered Paddle Steamer the "Iona II" which sunk off of Lundy Island off the North Devon Coast in 1864. The licence to dive & survey this Designated Wreck Site was granted to M.A.D.U.by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (D.C.M.S.). |
| 1999 | Dor Maritime Project | Excavation, Survey, Recording & Recovery of artifacts from a Byzantine & unknown wreck in the Mediteranean at Dor in Israel. |
| 1999 | Coronation | Survey & Recording of the Cannons & Anchors on this Protected Wreck Site in conjunction other teams for Sonardyne off the Plymouth Coast. |
| 1999 | Bouldner Cliff | Survey & recording work on a submerged forest in the Solent for the Hants & Wight Trust for Marine Archaeology. |
| 1998 & 1999 | Promone | Help with the laying of a Divers Trail around this Protected Wreck Site on the Needles for the Hants & Wight Trust for Marine Archaeology. |
| 1998 | Bronze Bell | Survey & Recording of the Canons & Marble Block Cargo at the Taly Bont Protected Wreck Site in Mid Wales. |
| 1998 | Alum Bay | Off Site Search plus Survey & Recording work in the Solent for the Hants & Wight Trust for Marine Archaeology. |
| 1997 | Silver Grey | An in house project, associated with the search for a World War II Spitfire off the Bexhill Coast for the Malvern Spitfire Team. |
| 1997 | Resurgam | Survey & Recording work on the Protected Wreck Site of the first steam powered submarine for the Nautical Archaeological Society (N.A.S.). |
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