Ships
of Ancient Greece
Fig 1: Israeli Submarine Dakar lost at sea in January of 1968
Nauticos discovered several interesting bottom contacts during the
search for Dakar in the early spring of 1999.
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Over 300 sonar
contacts were evaluated and 22 were deemed worthy of visual inspection.
On May 28th, the 19th day of searching and on the19th ROV
dive, the Israeli submarine Dakar was at long last located (Fig.
1).
Among the many targets analyzed, one in particular stood out as
being of potentially significant historical importance. Video and
sonar imagery was collected at this site to document the target
for later examination. This imagery was provided to the Institute
of Nautical Archeology at Texas A&M (INA) to determine the origins
and significance of this ancient shipwreck.
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In addition to this ancient shipwreck Nauticos discovered five other
sites nearby. These sites were not examined to the same extent as
the ancient shipwreck site and include a modern freighter and an
amphora site. Nauticos and the INA have joined forces to explore
these sites. This summary provides an overview of what we currently
know about the main ancient shipwreck site and our plans for future
expeditions.
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