Satellite Data Can Catch Maritime Looters: Is it Too Late for HMS Prince of Wales? - 16th June 2023
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0:00 Introduction
0:55 Giles Richardson/ MAST Introduction
3:10 HMS Prince of Wales Overview
6:52 Government Responsibility vs. the ‘Real’ World?
15:49 Technology for Monitoring Looters and Wrecksites
21:36 What was Observed at HMS Prince of Wales?
24:57 Support Us on Patreon!
25:42 Funding and Data Resources
31:42 Political Priorities: Walking the Walk!
44:11 Estimating the Damage - Speculation
55:00 What Would a Satisfactory Response Be?
1:01:38 Conclusion
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Link of the Week:
Disasters Emergency Committee:
https://www.dec.org.uk/
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Links:
The BIG READ: British Government Accused of Five Decades of Failure to Protect HMS Prince of Wales from Looters
http://thepipeline.info/blog/2023/06/16/the-big-read-british-government-accused-of-five-decades-of-failure-to-protect-hms-prince-of-wales-from-looters/
Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust:
https://thisismast.org/
Maritime Observatory:
https://thisismast.org/maritime-observatory.html
HMS Prince of Wales ‘War Graves’ Wrecked By Robbers in South China Sea! - WB 26th May 2023
https://youtu.be/uDfff31aWeI
Europe's Copernicus programme:
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Europe_s_Copernicus_programme
Honor Frost Foundation:
https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/supporters/special-funds/honor-frost-foundation/
National Royal Navy Museum - Statement on HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse:
https://www.nmrn.org.uk/news/statement-hms-prince-wales-and-hms-repulse
Ministry of Defense condemns 'desecration' of Royal Navy wrecks:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-65724795