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![James Hunter conducts a photogrammetric survey of Herald’s starboard boiler. A lighting array was used to illuminate the wreck site and resulted in imagery that was a vast improvement over photographs collected by the team in 2019. Image Irini Malliaros](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/12-dec-2019/james_ps-herald-p3dr-run_2_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160&hash=FE6088EB5EFC86209E0A41A60C9F45AC77F871EF)
01 Dec 2019
PS Herald Revisited
![Itata shipwreck - Sydney Harbour](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/09-sep-2019/itata-shipwreck_2160x1080.jpg?h=1081&la=en&w=2160&hash=2054EB9DA2F172C071C1A20F38EF2A9A387BC146)
20 Sep 2019
4 surprising shipwrecks of Sydney Harbour
![Curator of Ocean Science and Technology at the Australian National Maritime Museum – Emily Jateff](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/may-2019/emily-jateff_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160&hash=4CB781F597847F411348B768A986BF0F57747057)
23 May 2019
Fast Five - Quick Questions with Maritime Archaeologist Emily Jateff
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01 May 2019
A visit to Titanic
![Multi-beam echo sounder image of SS Macumba. Image: CSIRO/Marine National Facility.](/-/media/anmm/images/blog/signals124_out_of_port_01_2160x1080.jpg?la=en&hash=E61A197ED07658C2126D6873D6973121ACC16AD2)
05 Apr 2019
High-tech wreck hunting on board the RV Investigator
![: The author (right) and Irini Malliaros from the Silentworld Foundation use ‘old school’ methods to obtain measurements of the Admiralty Old Pattern Long-Shanked Anchor found in the shallows at Boot Reef. Image: Julia Sumerling/Silentworld Foundation.](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/03-mar-2019/bootreef_bloglowres_juliasumerling-148_2160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160&hash=5038F6BAC258C0684CCADD9EAA5442B5EC8064F4)
07 Mar 2019
An anchor’s secrets revealed
![Conducting the photogrammetry survey of M24, using underwater lights. Image: Steve Trewavas.](/-/media/anmm/images/blog-content/2019/03-mar-2019/m24-credit-steve-trewavas-22160x1080.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160&hash=10857995D85E1CAE8D12486398BEC2DF88317A12)
05 Mar 2019
Recording M24, the Japanese midget submarine
![Clean Up Australia Day at the Museum, 2019. With our partners Silentworld Foundation.](/-/media/anmm/images/blog/cleanupaustraliaday_2019_2160x1080.jpg?la=en&hash=29B45E9FDC99DDF3450BF3AA3EDAC9EBF888C7A9)
04 Mar 2019
Dredged Up
![The exposed breech of one of four iron cannons at shipwreck site RI 2394 (‘Kerry site’). The visible portion of the cannon is approximately one metre in length, and the photogrammetry target in the foreground measures 10 centimetres square. Image: Irini Malliaros/Silentworld Foundation© RIMAP 2018, used with permission.](/-/media/anmm/images/blog/1-threads-of-migration_2160x1080/the-exposed-breech-of-one-of-four-iron-cannons-at-shipwreck-site-ri-2394-kerry-site.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160&hash=23654C44DAFCA254FB0FF0DA36A59091BA325C0F)
10 Feb 2019