Michel Météry
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| Born | February 2, 1938 Montélimar, France |
| Nationality | fr |
| Employer | Principal manager UCPA diving center |
Michel Météry (born February 2, 1938, in Montélimar), is a diver and wreck hunter, who notably discovered the Wrecks of Saint-Pierre harbor in Martinique in the early 1980s.
He left for Martinique in 1972. He was the director of the Latitude Hotel in Le Carbet and then of the UCPA diving base in Saint-Pierre, Martinique.
During his dives, he discovered the wrecks of the boats that sank during the 1092 volcanic eruption of Mount Pelée on May 8, 1902
From his discoveries, Michel Météry wrote a book Tamaya - The Wrecks of Saint-Pierre, which was pefaced by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Albert Falco.[1]
In a 2005 article on diving in Martinique, Christophe de Chenay in Le Monde, referred to Météry's discoveries.[2]
List of wrecks discovered by Michel Météry
[edit]Here is the list of wrecks discovered by Météry:[3][1] The anchorage area around these wrecks is now protected.[4]
- Yacht italien, front winch resting between -20 and -40m
- Sailboat on a sandy slope at -50m overhanging rudder
- Gabriel (later identified as Biscay) 3-masted sailboat rigged as a schooner, built in wood with a hull lined with copper plates. 32 meters long by 7 meters wide, built in Bilbao in 1878. Lying on the bottom at -30m
- Dalhia, dredger sunk in 1930 at -30m
- Diamant, tugboat sunk upside down -30m
- Barge towed by the Diamant at -30m
- Roraima, mixed steam -50m
- Dislocated sailboat -35m
- Large sailboat with a winch at the bow -30m
- Teresa Lo Vigo -40m
- Wreck of the Raisinier -15m
- Tamaya, 3 French square masts of 566 gross tons, built in Liverpool in 1862. -85m
Publications
[edit]- Tamaya, Michel Metery (Author), Jacques-Yves Cousteau (Preface/Introduction) Ucel, Chalvet, 1990, 146p[5]
- Tamaya: the wrecks of Saint-Pierre. Michel Metery (Author), Albert Falco (Preface/Introduction) Monaco, Oceanographic Institute, 2002, 152p. (ISBN 2-903581-30-4)[1]
Filmography
[edit]- Martinique : plongez avec un chasseur d'épaves - 1985 - INA[6]
- Ma terre, c'est la mer (Martinique vidéo Sub) film de Albert Falco et Michel METERY[7]
- HMS Diamond Rock
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Météry, Michel Météry (2002). Tamaya: les épaves de Saint-Pierre (in French). Monaco. ISBN 9782903581305.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Cite error: The named reference ":0" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page). - ^ de Chenay, Christophe (Jun 1, 2005). "Martinique sous-marine". le Monde.
- ^ "description extrait de". Club Subaquatique de Case-Pilote (in French). 2014-06-01. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ^ Lescoute, Anne-Lise (2012-09-27). "Protection des épaves historiques de Saint-Pierre". Observatoire de l'Eau - Martinique. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ^ Météry, Michel (1990). Tamaya (in French).
- ^ Martinique : plongez avec un chasseur d'épaves - 1985 | CHASSEUR D'ÉPAVES. 1902, Martinique, la Montagne Pelée entre en éruption et détruit en quelques minutes la ville de Saint-Pierre et son port. Les épaves... | By INAFacebook (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ^ Falco, Albert; METERY, Michel. "Ma terre, c'est la mer (Martinique vidéo Sub)".
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