On January 28, 2008, the team of archaeologists, under the leadership of Tufan Turanlı (director of INA-Bodrum at the time), reached the ammunition store section of the wreck in a dive during the second phase of the underwater excavation project.
A team of well-known nautical archaeologists from Turkey, Spain and Japan under the leadership of Tufan Turanlı, director of INA, reached on January 28, 2008 the ammunition store section of the wreck in a dive within the second phase of the underwater excavation project.