Upon salvaging, the ship was found to have an intact hold full of ballast stones.
"But didn't Rufinus also say they added ballast stone?"
They put him into a small net with ballast stones and dropped him in the deepest part of the current while Blint-wife sobbed.
The finders hope more wood lies intact under the mud, amphorae and ballast stones.
It also is near a quarry where the crew of the Serapis could have found the ballast stones they mentioned loading aboard.
He didn't want the Denizen walking close behind him, not with all the ballast stone about.
This usually required the use of ballast stones to establish the proper vessel trim and maneuverability.
Some of her remains, such as her ballast stones, are still partially visible in its waters.
Projections of ballast stones caused injuries to people standing on the station platform waiting for train 970.
They had brought up their ballast stones and dropped them through the bottoms of our boats.