Remains of Roman ship retrieved
NZPA-AP London The remains of a Roman sailing ship that sank in the English Channel 1800 years ago will be brought to the surface this month, according to the salvage group. Divers at Guernsey in the Channel Islands, 181 km from England’s south coast, are working between the piers of St Peter Port harbour to record and retrieve the remaining oak timbers and artefacts of the oldest known vessel yet found in the sea round the British Isles.
Coins portraying the emperor Marcus Aurelius, who reigned from A.D. 161 to 180, were brought up from the seabed.
“There is not a great deal left, just keel timbers and some of the ribs. They will be dismantled under water and lifted on pallets in the next two or three weeks,” said Michael Paul, spokesman for the Guernsey Maritime Trust,
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