Melbourne is 60’ deep at most. Using Dr. Baer’s......
own words, wouldn’t it have already been salvaged?
It is known from witness information gleaned from the archives that after the storm individual vessels were visible—lying in various stages of destruction in the near-shore area; in water that was shallow enough for salvage to begin almost immediately. Over time these wooden shipwreck sites were reduced to ballast piles through the combined action of wind and waves, and the scrambling process became accelerated. The ‘scrambling process’ in the Muckelroy wrecking model means that the artifacts have been extracted from shipwreck and are lying on the sea-floor or have floated away — extending the site.
own words, wouldn’t it have already been salvaged?
It is known from witness information gleaned from the archives that after the storm individual vessels were visible—lying in various stages of destruction in the near-shore area; in water that was shallow enough for salvage to begin almost immediately. Over time these wooden shipwreck sites were reduced to ballast piles through the combined action of wind and waves, and the scrambling process became accelerated. The ‘scrambling process’ in the Muckelroy wrecking model means that the artifacts have been extracted from shipwreck and are lying on the sea-floor or have floated away — extending the site.
