Innes McCartney

Who is Innes McCartney?

Dr. Innes J. McCartney is a British nautical archaeologist, historian, author and television contributor resident in the United Kingdom. He is known for his discovery and archaeological research into shipwrecks including the wrecks of the Battle of Jutland, 1916 and many British and German submarine wrecks. He is a regular contributor to shipwreck documentaries, such as Time Team Special, Deep Wreck Mysteries and Wreck Detectives series, and is a popular speaker at shipwreck conferences and dive shows. McCartney is probably best known for his work in using archaeological research to identify 40 new German submarine wrecks in the waters around the UK and Ireland, such as the rubber-coated U480.

McCartney has trained as a historian and archaeologist at the Universities of Keele, Exeter and Bournemouth. He initially became interested in shipwreck archaeology when he learned to dive in 1989. In 1994 he became one of Britain's first Trimix-certified scuba divers and 1998 became the first person to have dived on the three great liner wrecks, SS Andrea Doria, RMS Lusitania and HMHS Britannic. Over the past two decades Innes has focused on researching and locating lost historic shipwrecks and finding innovative methods to interpret his fieldwork.