Quang Ngai's cultural sector proposed using diving robots, lights and cameras along with about 10 professional divers to explore the ancient ship 60 meters below the seabed.
The Quang Ngai Provincial Museum has just sent a plan to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to salvage a sunken ancient ship.
More than 20 days ago, the provincial border guards discovered and seized 40 antique plates and bowls. The ship owner said the ceramics were salvaged from a depth of 60 meters, in an area 3 nautical miles from Cape Ganh Yen, in Thanh Thuy village, Binh Hai commune, Binh Son district. The artifacts were determined to have originated from pottery kilns in the Chuong Chau region (Southern China), dating from the 16th-17th century during the Ming Dynasty.
The ancient ceramic plate is identified as originating from the Ming Dynasty, China. Photo: Nguyen Tanh
According to the plan, the museum will hire a company to carry out the salvage at a location about 6 km from shore, with an exploration area of 1,000 m2, within 15 days. A floating barge with blowers, sand suction machines, underwater cameras and cameras, diving machines, diving gear, etc. will be brought to the salvage area. The group of 8-10 divers are those with professional diving certificates, who have salvaged similar projects.
The team will combine diving robots, use underwater lights, and film cameras to survey the current state of the seabed area. Based on the images provided, technical staff will make decisions and guide divers on the next steps. The survey results will be the basis for establishing an evaluation council and developing a plan to excavate and recover all artifacts on the ship.
Shipwreck artifacts were discovered when border guards inspected fishermen's fishing boats on May 17. Photo: Nguyen Tanh
Quang Ngai sea is where many ancient shipwrecks have been discovered, most in Binh Chau commune and the communes of Dung Quat and Binh Son. Previously, the antiques were exploited by fishermen secretly, against regulations, but recently they have been carried out in an orderly manner, under the supervision of authorities. This is the deepest and farthest excavation of ships in the locality.
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