Deep-sea shipwreck explorer looking for anchor of HMT Empire Windrush honoured

David Mearns, a marine scientist and oceanographer, after being made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by the Prince of Wales at an Investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle, Berkshire (Andrew Matthews/PA) - (PA Wire)

A shipwreck hunter searching for the lost anchor of the HMT Empire Windrush said he wants to “highlight the story of pioneers” who helped create a multicultural Britain.

US-born David Mearns, 66, is leading a project on the seabed off the Algerian coast for the anchor of the ship, which brought Caribbean migrants to the UK in the 1940s.