RTS Contributes Technology and Expertise to Underwater Cultural Heritage Mapping Project

16 September 2025

(Image credit: Arild S. Vivås, Stavanger maritime museum)

In collaboration with Stavanger Maritime Museum and Kongsberg Discovery, RTS is providing advanced equipment and expertise to support archaeologists in mapping important underwater cultural heritage sites. These range from medieval trading hubs at Avaldsnes to the shipwreck Dresden in Karmsundet.

The museum’s new vessel, Must, is now equipped with state-of-the-art sensors and multibeam echosounders and has already been in action at Kvitsøy.

As a local company with headquarters on Karmøy and daily work in the subsea and energy industry, it is especially meaningful for RTS to contribute to research and the preservation of history in its own region.

RTS Workshop Technician, Raymond Myge, commented: “As someone from Karmøy, I grew up surrounded by history, not least from the Viking Age and medieval Avaldsnes. That makes it extra rewarding to see how modern technology can give archaeologists new insights into our past.”