TY - JOUR

T1 - Scuttled in the Morning: the discoveries and surveys of HMS Warrior and HMS Sparrowhawk, the Battle of Jutland's last missing shipwrecks

AU - Innes, McCartney

PY - 2018/6/22

Y1 - 2018/6/22

N2 - Abstract Due to the circumstances of the loss of HMS Warrior and HMS Sparrowhawk in 1916, in which subsequent to disablement both had drifted and been towed unknown distances from the Jutland battlefield, they were not located in the 2015 Jutland survey. In August 2016 both ships were located and HMS Warrior was revealed to be a pristine warship wreck, the only example in this condition of the 25 ships sunk in the battle. HMS Sparrowhawk had a similar pattern of disturbance as seven of the other Battle of Jutland destroyer wrecks. The survey of these wrecks draws to a conclusion a long period of discovery at Jutland and raises questions as to how these important cultural artefacts should be treated in the future.

AB - Abstract Due to the circumstances of the loss of HMS Warrior and HMS Sparrowhawk in 1916, in which subsequent to disablement both had drifted and been towed unknown distances from the Jutland battlefield, they were not located in the 2015 Jutland survey. In August 2016 both ships were located and HMS Warrior was revealed to be a pristine warship wreck, the only example in this condition of the 25 ships sunk in the battle. HMS Sparrowhawk had a similar pattern of disturbance as seven of the other Battle of Jutland destroyer wrecks. The survey of these wrecks draws to a conclusion a long period of discovery at Jutland and raises questions as to how these important cultural artefacts should be treated in the future.

KW - nautical archaeology

KW - battlefield archaeology

KW - conflict archaeology

KW - Battle of Jutland

KW - World War One

KW - Royal Navy

U2 - 10.1111/1095-9270.12302

DO - 10.1111/1095-9270.12302

M3 - Article

VL - 0

SP - 253

EP - 266

JO - International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

JF - International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

IS - 0

ER -