Operation Lune: the buried wreck of the Sun King

The “Lune” was shipwrecked offshore around Toulon in November 1664, on its return from an expedition to the coast of North Africa, with a thousand men on board. Under pressure from Louis XIV, the Sun King, and his entourage, the tragedy was covered up and the boat was forgotten about. It was discovered in 1993 at a depth of 90 metres, thus making the work of archaeologists extremely difficult. But now, 20 years on, new technologies have meant the ship can finally be explored through a combination of scientific knowledge and amazing technological devices.

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