[1] The wreck was found in 1973[2] when a dredger being used to deepen the Cattewater brought up timber wreckage and parts of some iron guns.
[3] An underwater investigation of the site in 1973 was instigated by the National Maritime Museum and the Department for the Environment.
[4][5] A substantial portion of the structure and a wide variety of finds were recovered, including pottery, worked wood, a brass pin and buckle, various lead objects, leather, rope, textiles, animal bone and a number of wrought iron stave built guns on sledges.
Positive identification of the ship has not been possible although the archaeological evidence strongly suggests an early 16th-century merchantman of between 200 and 300 tons burthen.
[9] The survey work identified a number of magnetic and sub-bottom targets around the site and also determined the correct position for the remaining hull structure.