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Artefacts recovered from the dive onto Victory's anchorage site near Gosport

Finds are recorded

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Some interesting bottles and jars recovered from the Dive onto Victory's moorage site. © P Christie
Several Gingerbeer bottle were recovered from the seabed © P Christie


   
   
Finds are recorded
 Location: City of Southampton

All the finds are logged and labeled, they will be taken ashore where they will be cleaned and researched, the long-forgotten items will tell historians and archaeologists a great deal more about what sailors ate on board warships from the mid-18th century, they will be catalogued and some will be put on display.

A member of the team logs the items as they are brought onboad the wightlink workboat after divers have recovered them from the seabead



Mumbys Gingerbeer


The discarded debris thrown over the sides of moored ships by generations of sailors, has provided a fascinating insight into life over the last century and a half.

Back of Gingerbeer Bottle


A preparation of bone marrow

Virol, Malt extract, specially refined beef fat, egg,
sugars, glucose and orange juice, with added mineral
salts and vitamins.







 


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