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China set to salvage ancient sunken vesselIn August, 1987, the Guangzhou Salvage Bureau under the Ministry of Communications and a British salvage company discovered an ancient wooden sunken ship off the coast near the Shangchuan and Xiachuan islands. In August, 1989, the sunken ship was named "Nanhai No.1". According to their salvage plan, Nanhai No.1 will be brought out of water by the forthcoming July. It is estimated that about 100 million yuan will be needed to salvage Nanhai No.1, which has stayed beneath the water for more than 800 years. When brought out of water, the ancient vessel will be exhibited at the Guangzhou Maritime Silk Road Museum, which is to be set up specially for displaying the ancient ship. Construction of the museum will involve another investment of 190 million yuan. The sunken ship, Nanhai No.1, weighs 2,800 tons under the water. When brought out of water, it will weigh some 4,800 tons. In order to lift the giant vessel out of the water, a large derrick barge, Huantianlong, was built for the salvage work. The revolving derrick barge weighs some 4,000 tons and is said to be the largest derrick barge in Asia. The open caisson, which weighs 530 tons in total, has also been made ready by the Guangzhou Salvage Bureau recently after a whole month’s work. According to the salvage plan, the sunken wreck will be brought out of water in a whole piece. The salvage plan was highly praised by George Bass, an American archeologist who is dubbed "father of ocean excavation", after he saw the simulation test for the salvage work. The Guangzhou Maritime Silk Road Museum, which will be used to display the sunken ship, covers a total area of 25,840 square meters. When brought to surface, the ship will be moved to the Crystal Palace, the major building in the museum, for display. Such displaying plan is unprecedented in the world.
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