Todays misty beach finds...

Photos of the Penlee lifeboat crew

Today is the anniversary of the Penlee lifeboat disaster & a stark reminder of the dangerous conditions RNLI volunteers face whilst saving lives

The Penlee lifeboat Solomon Browne battled heavy seas & hurricane force winds to reach the Union Star, which was being swept towards the coast in Cornwall

Skate!

#learnsomethingnew #skater #rollerskate

Carola, our brilliant conservator, is off on her MSDS work travels again and this time is in Saudi conserving all sorts of exciting stuff. Its a bit warmer over there than it is in our Derbyshire head office at the moment and we are rather jealous of all she is getting up to!
#heritagescience

I saw three ships...

This year's Christmas cake ❄️🌊🎄

#maritimehistory #ageofsail #maritimechristmascake #sailingships #isawthreeships #shipcakery

I can live with that 😂

If anyone is missing some submarine ⚓️, ship 🚢 and crab 🦀 shaped snacks in their life, get thee to Lidl! 😍

#shipshaped
#maritimehistory #ships #submarine #maritime #howlongwilltheylast

Wow from wanderlust acoustic pop folk to psychedelic noise zamrock it seems I've been there...

The cover of the draft consultation document. The Historic England is at the top followed by the title 'Marine Geophysics@ Data Acquisition, Processing and Interpretation Guidance Notes (2nd Edition). Underneath is a colourful multibeam image of a wreck lying on its side.

Historic England is consulting on a draft revision to Marine Geophysics Data Acquisition, Processing and Interpretation. The document has been prepared by MSDS Marine.

The consultation is now open until 24th January 2025. We welcome your input in helping shape the future of this guidance. 1/2

It's that time of year again...for the marine decorations 😍

Explore England's Protected Wrecks Take virtual tours or physical dive trails of protected wrecks

Explore England's Protected Wrecks -
Take virtual tours or physical dive trails of protected wrecks storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9649... #MaritimeArchaeology #Archaeology #MaritimeHistory

As part of the 21st Century Challenges in Archaeology Project, a survey has been launched seeking the experiences of people who have used local authority archaeology services (e.g. planning advice, Historic Environment Records, museum archives/collections). Take part: forms.office.com/e/BasgNR3fgu

Today's beach find, a lovely bit of 18th Century curved clay pipe stem.

Looking at the clean break I should have kept an eye out for more of it!

#beachcombing #beachfinds #netleybeach #ceramics #claypipes

Today's beach find by Violet, and courtesy of storm Bert, a lovely sherd of jelly mould.

#beachfinds #beachcombing #stormbert #netleybeach #jellymould #ceramics

A member of the South West Maritime Archaeology Group is interviewed on camera on the south west coastal path overlooking the Salcombe Cannon protected wreck site.

Seeing as we haven't shared it on here yet...

Have you seen our award winning short film about protected wrecks yet? If not why not watch it this evening! 🍿🎥🍺

New followers here who haven't followed us elsewhere will soon realise we LOVE a #protectedwreck site

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwrI...