Salvage of 160-year-old shipwreck begins in Shanghai
Updated: March 3, 2022 13:53Xinhua
Photo taken on Jan 26, 2022 shows the testing operation for salvage of Yangtze No 2 Ancient Shipwreck in East China's Shanghai. [Shanghai Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage/Handout via Xinhua]
Salvage of a 160-year-old shipwreck, the largest and best-preserved wooden shipwreck discovered underwater in China to date, began on March 2.
This sunken ship, with a large number of cultural relics, was a merchant vessel during the reign of Emperor Tongzhi (1862-1875) in the Qing Dynasty period.
Named Yangtze No 2 Ancient Shipwreck, the ship was found submerged at a depth of 5.5 meters below the seabed in the waters of Hengsha shoal in the northeast of Hengsha island in Shanghai's Chongming district.
Undated file photo shows a cultural relic found in the Yangtze No 2 Ancient Shipwreck in East China's Shanghai. [Shanghai Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage/Handout via Xinhua]
Photo taken on Jan 26, 2022 shows the testing operation for salvage of Yangtze No 2 Ancient Shipwreck in East China's Shanghai. [Shanghai Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage/Handout via Xinhua]
Undated file photo shows some cultural relics found in the Yangtze No 2 Ancient Shipwreck in East China's Shanghai. [Shanghai Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage/Handout via Xinhua]
Photo taken on March 2, 2022 shows the launching ceremony of salvage of Yangtze No 2 Ancient Shipwreck at Waigaoqiao port in East China's Shanghai. [Shanghai Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage/Handout via Xinhua]
Photo taken on March 2, 2022 shows the launching ceremony of salvage of Yangtze No 2 Ancient Shipwreck at Waigaoqiao port in East China's Shanghai. [Shanghai Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage/Handout via Xinhua]
Photo taken on Jan 26, 2022 shows the testing operation for salvage of Yangtze No 2 Ancient Shipwreck in East China's Shanghai. [Shanghai Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage/Handout via Xinhua]
Photo taken on March 2, 2022 shows the launching ceremony of salvage of Yangtze No 2 Ancient Shipwreck at Waigaoqiao port in East China's Shanghai. [Shanghai Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage/Handout via Xinhua]
Handout photo shows a sonar scan taken in 2021 of Yangtze No 2 Ancient Shipwreck. [Shanghai Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage/Handout via Xinhua]
