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University Projects

A number of projects have been started under the umbrella of the SHIPS Project. These smaller projects are diving projects where shipwreck sites are investigated by divers, they are recording projects that gather information, projects run by students at the University of Plymouth and research projects recording information in books and archives.

University Projects are run in conjunction with Plymouth University and the University of Bristol.

These projects are undertaken by University students for the SHIPS Project and often form a small part of a larger research project being undertaken by the SHIPS team. Our thanks go to all students involved.

2015

• A Comparative Study of Data from QINSy and EIVA Online Survey Software, Abhilash Unnikrishnan (MSc Hydrography)
• The Degradation Process of the SS James Eagan Layne Liberty shipwreck, Ann-Christin Hohnke (MSc Hydrography)
• A Critical Investigation of the Effects of Multibeam Echosounder Parameter Settings, on Object Detection and Identification, at the site of the SS James Eagan Layne Shipwreck, Ben McMahon (MSc Hydrography)
• An Archaeological Investigation of Heybrook Bay, Matthew Bennett (MSc Hydrography)
  An Assessment of the Morphological Change of the Bar at Salcombe in the Aid to Navigation, Jack Porter (MSc Hydrography)
• A Marine Geophysical Survey to Locate WWII Flying Boats Crashed in Plymouth Sound, Rob Mason (MSc Hydrography)
• The Coronation wreck; an investigation into site change after severe winter storms, Rory Prior (MSc Hydrography)
• An Investigation Assessing the Current State of the Dumping Grounds at Rame Head, Cornwall, utilising R2Sonic 2024 Multibeam Backscatter, Sam Nicholas (MSc Hydrography)
• Mapping the extent of Zostera marina in the Salcombe Estuary using Acoustic Survey Techniques, Sam Faithfull (MSc Hydrography)
• An Investigation into the Debris Field of the Coronation, Jack Andrews (MSc Hydrography)

2014

• A Geophysical Debris Survey of the Wreck 80 Site off the South West Corner of Plymouth Breakwater, Will Carr (MSc Hydrography 2014)

• A Site Investigation of HM Submarine A7, Mawgan Doble (MSc Hydrography 2014)

• An Archaeological Investigation of Yealm Head, South-East of Plymouth Breakwater, Chris Evans (MSc Hydrography 2014)

• A Critical Review of Seabed Classification and Imagery Over the Wreck of the SS Rosehill, James Gibson (MSc Hydrography 2014)

• The Paleolandscape South of Plymouth Breakwater, James Gorrie (MSc Hydrography 2014)

• An Archaeological Investigation Into Cannonball Alley, an Area Off Andurn Point South-East of Plymouth Breakwater, Barney Jackson (MSc Hydrography 2014)

• An Evaluation of the R2Sonic 2024 MBES System and its Capabilities of matching the Digital Side Scan Quality of CMax CM2 and Sonardyne Solstice, Pierre Lowe (MSc Hydrography 2014)

• Modelling the three dimensional geomagnetic field surrounding the wreck of HMT Elk, Barney Pountney (MSc Hydrography 2014)

• Assessment of Geophysical Methods in the Mapping of the Seagrass Zostera Marina, Finlay Rarity (MSc Hydrography 2014)

• Site Investigation of Fairyland: an Archaeological Exploration, Silvia Santoli (MSc Hydrography 2014)

• Exploring the Buried Cattewater Wreck Through Chirp Sub-Bottom Profiling in the Cattewater, Plymouth, Will Segal (MSc Hydrography 2014)

• Critical Examination of a Multibeam Echo Sounder  for the Full Bathymetric and Geophysical Survey of the SS Persier Wreck in Bigbury Bay, Plymouth, Phillip Thomas (MSc Hydrography 2014)

2013

• Geophysical Survey of the Mewstone Ledge Site, Nicholas Darley (MSc Hydrography 2013)

• An Evaluation of Techniques for Identifying Man-Made Artefacts Within a Reef Environment - A Case Study of the Poulmic Wreck Site, David Hamilton (MSc Hydrography 2013)

• The Jennycliff Wall Project - A Seismic Investigation of an Archaeological Landscape, James Hancock (MSc Hydrography 2013)

• The Effective Use of Marine Magnetometry For Archaeological Target Detection, Arthur Laloe (MSc Hydrography 2013)

• An Archaeological Investigation of the Mewstone Drop Off, Robert Moores (MSc Hydrography 2013)

• An Assessment of Quality in Foreshore Wreck Survey Methods, Joe Mortimer (BSc Ocean Exploration 2013)

• A Multibeam Survey of Plymouth Breakwater and Associated Wrecks Notably the HMT Abelard and the Yvonne, Simon Prissick (MSc Hydrography 2013)

• Multi-beam survey of SS James Eagan Layne to determine wreck decay over time: a direct comparison between two surveys, Daniel Stone (MSc Hydrography 2013)

• Magnetic Survey Analysis of Anchorage Point 23, Plymouth Sound for Potential Evidence of UXO, Duncan Tait (MSc Hydrography 2013)

• Archaeological Investigation of the Wreck Site of HMT Kingston Alalite with Application of Geophysical Survey Methods, David White (MSc Hydrography 2013)

2012

• High Resolution Geophysical Surveying: Swathe Bathymetry Performance for Mapping Marine Archaeological Sites, James Williams (MSc Hydrography 2012)

• Tamar River, Calstock: Investigating the bottom environments and sediment dynamics of an intertidal mud flat, Jack Poleykett (MSc Environmental Consultancy 2012)

• Palaeolandscapes of Plymouth Sound, Robert Spencer (MSc Hydrography 2012)

• Study into Marine Biofouling and Degradation on Anthropogenic Substrate within the Marine Environment, Charlie Alexander (Environmental Science 2012)

• Politics and Geophysical Survey: An Investigation of Marine Resource Development and Marine Archaeological Conservation, Simon Gibbs (MSc Hydrography 2012)

• The Loss of HMS Foyle: an Investigation in to her Sinking, Salvage and Site Management, Maeve Roberts (MSc Hydrography 2012)

• A Comparison of Towfish Position Predictive Methods, Charles Addison (MSc Hydrography 2012)

• A study into the spatial distribution of fluvial and marine sediment within Plymouth Sound using Side-Scan Sonar, Ben Elliott (BSc Ocean Science 2012)

• The Impact of Dredge Dumping at Rame Head on the James Eagan Layne, Ryan Swift (MSc Hydrography 2012)

• Analysis of Archived Data, in Comparing and Highlighting the Effectiveness of Side Scan Sonar and Multibeam Sonar in the Search for the Royla Navy Vessel HMS Fearless, Matthew Taylor (MSc Hydrography 2012)

• A Bathymetric, Side Scanand Magnetometer Survey of the Wreck of the Poulmic and Surrounding Debris Field, Owen Thomas (MSc Hydrography 2012)

2011

• A Comparison of Survey Techniques to Position and Locate Leisure Boat Moorings, Paul Neave (MSc Hydrography 2011)

• Debris Field Survey of the James Eagan Layne, Matthew Howell (MSc Hydrography 2011) for the Liberty 70 Project

• Magnetometer Data Presentation and Field Prediction for Shipwrecks, David Crampton (MSc Hydrography 2011)

• Increasing Penetration of Geophysical Surveys in Confined and Shallow Waters, Gregory Tan (MSc Hydrography 2011)

2010

• An Archaeological Survey of Firestone Bay, Martin Davis (BSc Ocean Exploration 2010)

• A Geophysical Survey of Jennycliff Bay in Search of the Steam Tug Lucy, Stuart Bridges (BSc Ocean Exploration 2010)

• A Cost-Benefit Study for Marine Archaeological Surveys, Thomas Hanford (BSc Ocean Exploration 2010)

• Sequencing Marine Growth Patterns on Artefacts, Alun Fraser (BSc Environmental Science 2010)

• A Cost-Benefit Study for Marine Archaeological Surveys, Thomas Hanford (BSc Ocean Exploration 2010)

• Geophysical Search for the Dutton, Mick Dougal (MSc Hydrography 2010)

• An Archaeological Investigation into the Wreck of the 17th Century Naval Vessel Coronation, Jonathan Watkinson (MSc Hydrography 2010)

Earlier

• An Investigation of the Navigability of the River Plym and the Potential for Expansion of Use, Charles Nunn (BSc Hydrography and Navigation 2007)

• 34 Years of Investigations into the Cattewater Wreck, Elizabeth Swann (MSc Hydrography 2007)

• A Site Management Tool for Shallow Harbour Wrecks, Ashley Gould (University of Bristol, 2007)

• A Feasibility Study of Recovering the James Eagan Layne, Steve Keedwell (BSc Underwater Studies 1998)

• Marine Archaeological Surveying for Evidence of Shipwrecks in Heybrook Bay, James Williams (BSc Underwater Studies)

• An Electronic Survey of the Wreck of the Frau Metta Catharina von Flensburg, Kit McAllister (BSc Underwater Studies)

If you would like to be involved with the SHIPS Project then please contact us.