Michel Météry

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.

In a 2005 article on diving in Martinique, Christophe de Chenay in Le Monde, referred to Météry's discoveries.

List of wrecks discovered by Michel Météry
Here is the list of wrecks discovered by Météry: The anchorage area around these wrecks is now protected.


 * 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

Filmography

 * Martinique : plongez avec un chasseur d'épaves - 1985 - INA
 * Ma terre, c'est la mer (Martinique vidéo Sub) film de Albert Falco et Michel METERY
 * HMS Diamond Rock