保護者號再現：利用雷射掃描技術對歷史悠久的澳洲軍艦進行考古學上的紀錄、解讀和展示

Protector revealed: an initiative to archaeologically document, interpret and showcase an historic Australian warship with laser scanning technology

女王殿下的殖民船（HMCS，附註:現已改為HMAS，中文翻做澳洲皇家海軍）保護者號（Protector）是澳洲首批軍艦的其中一艘。它在1884年與1901年間服役於南澳洲省的殖民地海軍，並在後來成為聯邦海軍與澳洲皇家海軍共有的艦隊資產之一。保護者號在第一次世界大戰後退役，有十多年的時間擔任民用運輸，第二次世界大戰期間又回到戰場為國效命。在一次撞擊中受到損壞後，保護者號於1944年鑿沉後作為大堡礁防波堤。南澳洲海事博物館於2013年，啟動一項大型的考古計畫來記錄沉船地點，率先對保護者號進行了雷射掃描測量，透過一場百年展覽，虛擬展示它來見證第一次世界大戰的爆發。本文內容包括，保護者號歷史的簡要說明，用來記錄其殘骸的方法之討論，以及在計畫執行過程中，所取得的數位數據是如何在現場的持續解說和展覽中被利用。

Her Majesty's Colonial Ship (HMCS) Protector was one of Australia's first purpose-built warships. It served the colonial navy of South Australia between 1884 and 1901 and was later a fleet asset of both the Commonwealth Naval Forces and Royal Australian Navy. Following service in the First World War, Protector was decommissioned and spent over a decade as a civilian transport before again being placed in military service during the Second World War. It was subsequently damaged in a collision and scuttled as a breakwater on the Great Barrier Reef in 1944. In 2013, the South Australian Maritime Museum spearheaded a laser scanning survey of Protector as part of a larger initiative to archaeologically document the site and virtually showcase it within a centenary exhibition marking the outbreak of the First World War. What follows is a brief synopsis of Protector 's history, a discussion of methodologies employed to document its surviving remnants, and how digital data obtained during the project are being utilized in the site's ongoing interpretation and exhibition.