2,500 Meters Below the Sea: an Intact Wreck and Its Treasure
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On the coast of Ramatuelle, the authorities wanted to keep the location secret, but a wreck was found at 2,500 m background, by the National Navy in 2025 during an operation. It was the deepest ever discovered in French waters. The submarine, which went to study it, discovered a fabulous cargo. The remains of the ship probably date back to the sixteenth century. Other missions may be able to reconstruct the history of this engulfed ship. (Topics…
At a depth of 2,500 metres off Ramatuelle in the Var, the underwater archaeologists carried out an ultra-detailed and 3D study of the 16th-century Camarat 4 wreck. On board, several hundred pitchers and plates from Northern Italy, but also of "bar iron", and other goods. A cargo protected from pirates or enemies by artillery of cannons at the front and rear of the ship. The latter sailed west 500 or 600 years ago, before sinking, for reasons sti…
A wreck from 500 years ago discovered in 2025 in the Mediterranean by the army could present "a precious testimony on maritime history" according to French scientists. A major discovery. For several months, the Cephismer (Centre expert diving humane et intervention sous la mer) and the Drassm, which depends on the Ministry of Culture (Department of Subaquatic and Sub-marine Archaeological Research) have jointly conducted Operation Calliope 26.1.…
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