Diver Luc Michel recovers a sextant from Rose Castle shipwreck
Photo:
Courtesy of Luc Michel
In 2015, scuba diver Luc Michel (on left) recovered a navigational sextant from the Rose Castle shipwreck. On the right in the photo is Rick Stanley of Ocean Quest Adventures, who helped obtain permission to recover the sextant. Luc Michel travels regularly from his home on the French islands of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon to dive on the Bell Island shipwrecks.
The sextant was retrieved with the permission of the Provincial Archaeology Office of Newfoundland & Labrador. The sextant is now undergoing conservation treatment at The Rooms provincial museum in St. John’s.