Exploration of steam engine wrecks off Minicoy Island, Laksadsweep, India

Exploration of a Steamship Wreck off Amee Shoals, Goa, India: a preliminary report

“…Further, McCarthy (1988) has provided insight into the exploration and excavation of iron and steam engine shipwrecks in other parts of the world including Australia. In India, preliminary explorations of only two steam‐engine shipwrecks have been carried out in the waters around Minicoy, in the Lakshadweep islands, and the remains have been documented (Rao et al, 1996; Gaur et al, 1998). This renders the Amee shoals unidentified wreck important as one of the first vessels of its type to be examined in the region.…”

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“…The absence of a lighthouse earlier led to shipwrecks on the shallow reef. Three wrecks were noticed around this and two have been explored to date and reported in this journal (Gaur et al, 1998).…”

“…Offshore explorations of shipwrecks have been carried out to ascertain the type of ships involved in trade and the country of origin of the cargo carried by them. In 1994 a cruise was conducted onboard RV Gaveshani (Gaur et al, 1998: Fig. 1).…”

Marine investigations in the Lakshadweep Islands, India

“…This paper aims to synthesize the information available from earlier explorations and excavations in the Lakshadweep including the work carried out by the National Institute of Oceanography (Vora 1994; Gaur et al 1998). The objectives of these explorations have been to locate archaeological sites on land and collect data for reconstructing cultural contacts, to trace the trade links of these islands with the mainland, and to locate shipwrecks in Lakshadweep waters.…”