Innes McCartney
| Dr. Innes McCartney | |
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| Born | 24 March 1964 (age 53) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Keele, Exeter and Bournemouth Universities |
| Occupation | Nautical archaeologist, explorer, historian, author |
| Known for | Discovery of historic shipwrecks, archaeology of modern shipwrecks |
| Website | bournemouth |
Dr. Innes J. McCartney (born 1964) is a British nautical archaeologist, explorer, historian and author currently a Visiting Fellow at Bournemouth University.
McCartney is a nautical archaeologist who specialises in the discovery of and investigation into twentieth century shipwrecks including the wrecks of the Battle of Jutland and the U-boat wars. He appears regularly on documentaries such as Time Team Special and is a popular speaker at conferences. A key element of his work is how understandings of the past are revised by the interaction of shipwreck archaeology with the historical record.
In 1989 he became involved in shipwreck archaeology when he learned to dive. By 1994 he was one of Britain's first Trimix-certified scuba divers and in 1998 became the first person to have dived on the three great liner wrecks, SS Andrea Doria, RMS Lusitania and HMHS Britannic.
In 1999 he discovered the 12-inch-gunned submarine HMS M1 off Start Point in the English Channel.
In 2001 he discovered the wreck of HMS Indefatigable sunk at the Battle of Jutland and in 2003 co-produced the Channel 4 documentary "Clash of the Dreadnoughts" which examined all of the larger wrecks, including detailed surveys of HMS Defence and HMS Invincible
In 2001-2 McCartney led two expeditions to locate and identify some of the U-boats sunk during Operation Deadlight. Fourteen U-boats were surveyed and several new sites were discovered including the rare Type XXI U-boat, U2506, once under the command of Horst von Schroeter and the successful Type IXC U-boat, U155 commanded by Adolf Piening.
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