Wreckage of sunken battleship found

By WANG KAIHAO | China Daily | Updated: 2019-09-04 07:11
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A fraction of the battleship's hatch is displayed on Monday. WANG YANG/XINHUA

In 2017, archaeologists began using historical files as reference and applied digital imaging technologies to determine the location of the wreckage. They removed thick layers of sand to expose part of the ship's hull.

Zhou Chunshui, who leads the project under the National Center of Underwater Cultural Heritage, revealed that the wreck was in "poor condition".

"The entire superstructure of the ship has disappeared," Zhou said. "The scattered discoveries are mainly of mechanical cabins and crew quarters below deck."

Japan salvaged some components of the Dingyuan in 1896 and built them into a house in Fukuoka.

Zhou said follow-up research of the wreck will continue next year to get more comprehensive information after additional portions of the ship are extracted from the seafloor.

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