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Robert Mester
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robertmester@uasi.org
Robert Mester is a 23-year veteran of the Marine Undersea industry and
has logged over 5,000 dives. He is highly experienced in undersea
exploration and related technologies. His
area of expertise ranges from location and recovery of historic
submerged artifacts and undersea technology development to law
enforcement forensics and State and Federal maritime legislation. |
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Some of
Robert’s projects and accomplishments include:
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Location for
recovery of a WWII era B-17 bomber lost in the boreal forests of
Labrador
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Location,
exploration and ongoing salvage of a 17th century armed freighter
carrying a battalion of infantry to Uruguay in the early 1800’s.
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Location for
recovery of The S.S. Islander reported to be carrying $12 million in
gold lost when this Yukon gold rush passenger ship goes down in 1901.
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Spanish
submerged cultural resources on the English Banks, Uruguay; graveyard
to 1,000 ships.
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Ace Award 1991
for the underwater documentary, “Gertie Gallops Again.”
A documentary about the Old Tacoma Narrows
Bridge, Tacoma, Washington.
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Nomination and
approval for placement of the old Tacoma Narrows bridge to the
National, State and City registries of historic places.
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Location of
Lord Horatio Nelson’s favorite sloop, Agamemnon, which contains the
only known cannon to survive from the Battle of Trafalgar.
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1995, was
involved in the search, location and identification of the Japanese
submarine I-52 at a depth of 17,067 feet.
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1997 Presented
seminars on Underwater Archeology.
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