MSDS Marine

MSDS Marine was set up in 2011, and became a limited company in 2015.[4] In 2019 MSDS Marine opened an office in Holbrook, Derbyshire. The company is a CIfA Registered Organisation,[5] a member of the Association of Diving contractors,[6] and a member of the Federation of Archaeological Managers and Employers.[7]

In 2017 and 2018 MSDS Marine, in partnership with the Rijksdienst Voor het Cultureel Erfgoed and Historic England, conducted an excavation of the remains of the eighteenth-century Dutch East Indiaman the Rooswijk,[8][9][10] and As of 2020 are leading the post excavation works which are planned to finish in 2021.[11] In 2018 MSDS Marine produced a virtual dive trail for the Rooswijk.[12][13]

Between 2014 and 2016 MSDS Marine worked alongside Cotswold Archaeology to excavate the wreck of the seventeenth century second-rate ship of the line the London.[14]. The excavation was licensed and funded by Historic England. During this excavation a gun carriage was recovered which has been hailed as a nationally significant find[15] MSDS Marine are also contracted to undertake remote sensing work on the site of the wreck to monitor ongoing erosion.[16] MSDS Marine also assisted in the development of a virtual dive trail for the London.[17]

Other projects include the development of virtual trails for the protected wreck site at Thorness Bay[18][19] and the submarine U8,[20] and the retained archaeologist role for a number of offshore wind farms.

MSDS Marine has been featured on the BBC's Digging for Britain,[21][22] Wind Energy Network Magazine[23] Current Archaeology magazine, and the National Geographic Channel’s Drain the Oceans.[24][25]