The 38-meter underwater archeology ship ‘UPL’, which will be used for underwater research in the Mediterranean, was carried to the pier to be launched.
With the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Akdeniz University Underwater Cultural Heritage Conservation and Restoration Department Head Assoc. Dr. Hakan Öniz and his research team got a new underwater archeology ship equipped with modern technologies.
THE ARCHEOLOGY SHIP IS LAUNCHING!
At the end of the work that lasted for about 1 year at the shipyard in Sarısu, opposite the Antalya Free Zone, it has become the world’s most modern and dimensionally The construction of the second largest underwater archaeological ship was completed. The ship was moved to the pier to be launched with a special system the previous day.
from Akdeniz University, Assoc. Dr. Hakan Öniz announced that final preparations have been made for the launch of Turkey’s new underwater archaeological ship, ‘UPL’, within 1 week, 10 days.
‘HAVE THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES’
Explaining that the 38-meter-long ‘UPL’ is the second largest archaeological ship in the world, Assoc. Dr. Öniz said that Turkey has gained a new excavation and research vessel with the latest technologies in the field of underwater archeology.
‘WORLD’S NEWEST, MOST MODERN ARCHEOLOGY SHIP’
“There are advanced technology, large-screen computer systems. On the seafloor, while the ship is in motion, the image obtained from the multibeam sonar will be continuously monitored by 18 researchers on the big screen, and we will be able to obtain a three-dimensional image from a depth of 500 meters through this device. If these images contain an archaeological potential, a robot will be able to land at that depth and take images and collect samples with the permission of our ministry. In this context, the world’s newest and most modern archeology ship is in our country. It will be put into service in a short time in the works carried out with the permission of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.” said.
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