british shipwrecks of the revolution

Florida Frontiers "American Revolution Era Shipwreck"

Every Fourth of July, Floridians celebrate Independence Day with cookouts, hometown parades, and of course, fireworks as America's victory over the British in the American Revolution is commemorated. Not all American colonists supported the war, though. Many remained dedicated to King George III and England. As the American …

Old Warship Found Intact in Depths of Lake Ontario

A 22-gun British warship that sank in Lake Ontario during the American Revolution, has been discovered by two shipwreck enthusiasts. It is the only fully intact British warship ever found in the ...

Mapping Shipwrecks of the Revolutionary War: 1778 …

chart showing the relative positions of the three known revolutionary war era shipwrecks from the Battle of Chestnut Neck on October 6 th, 1778. Credit: Stockton University.

Divers Get an Eerie First Look Inside the Arctic Shipwreck of …

Arctic explorer and British naval captain Sir John Franklin and about 130 crew members embarked on an official mission to chart the last stretch of the Northwest Passage across the Arctic.

The British shipwreck that changed the world

At around 20:00 on 22 October 1707, believing they were off the coast of Brittany and heading into the English Channel, the fleet ploughed on through the darkness and straight into the Western Rocks.

American Independence in 1776: What British Really …

After all, the Declaration of Independence was not the beginning of the American Revolution; the riot-provoking Stamp Act was passed in 1765, the Boston Tea Party took place in 1773 and the famous ...

4 shipwrecks found in N.J. river tell tale of epic Revolutionary …

Shipwreck artifacts from the Revolutionary War Battle of Chestnut Neck on the Mullica River in Atlantic County are displayed at the NJ Maritime Museum in Beach Haven on Thursday, September 21, 2023.

Revolutionary War ‑ Timeline, Facts & Battles | HISTORY

The Revolutionary War (1775‑83), also known as the American Revolution, arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain's 13 North American colonies and the colonial government ...

The Capture of the British Privateer Britannia by the …

On the night of December 28, 1779, in the midst of a Nor'easter, the Britannia broke loose from her mooring in Sandy Hook Bay. The storm's strong winds drove the ship toward …

Penobscot Expedition (1779) Archaeological Project

The British vessels rapidly overtook the fleeing American forces, causing the latter to abandon and scuttle most of their ships to prevent their capture. During the mid-1990s, Brent Phinney, the owner of a sawmill and steel fabrication shop in Brewer, Maine, discovered the remains of a wooden shipwreck in shallow water immediately off the ...

The Battle of Margaretta, When Pitchforks Beat the British …

3.1K. The Battle of Margaretta, by today's standards, was really more of a skirmish: a sailing vessel with four guns attacked by woodsmen with farm implements.. But it was the first naval battle of the American Revolution, and James Fenimore Cooper called it "the Lexington of the Seas.". The victors in the battle would protect Maine's eastern …

Penobscot Expedition | American Revolutionary War

Battle Begins. Commodore Saltonstall's orders directed him to completely eliminate the British presence in the Penobscot. To do so, his superiors emphasized, he would have to "preserve the greatest harmony with the commander of the land forces, that the navy and army may cooperate and assist each other."It was guidance that the commodore would …

Another Revolutionary War shipwreck found in …

The wrecks are the remnants of Lord Charles Cornwallis' fleet, sunk in 1781 during the Siege of Yorktown, a 25,000-man slugfest that finally broke the back of British rule in the colonies.

Historic Havens: Shipwrecks of the Jersey Shore

Not all shipwrecks were lost at sea. Many were able to be salvaged, and we'll visit Middletown for this Revolutionary War tale which begins in Sandy Hook. Sandy Hook has always played a vital role in the safety and defense of New York Harbor. Both the pats and British troops took advantage of its strategic location.

Cornwallis' Fleet – The Watermen's Museum

The Watermen's Museum is proud to announce that we continue to search for, preserve, and educate the public about the shipwrecks that still remain in the York river from the Revolutionary War Battle of Yorktown in 1781.. We have worked with the 1781 Foundation in support of the National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program …

Revolutionary War Gunboat Spitfire – Lake …

Revolutionary War Gunboat Spitfire. In 1997, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum's Lake Survey team discovered Benedict Arnold's 1776 gunboat, intact and upright, on the bottom of Lake Champlain. Spitfire was the …

Research underway to find Gaspee shipwreck

RI HISTORY Research underway to find Gaspee shipwreck — and Rhode Island's claim to the start of the Revolution Under the leadership of Kathy Abbass, volunteer researchers have begun the ...

Assessing the Remains of the Crosswicks Creek Revolutionary …

This is an abstract from the session entitled "The World Turned Upside Down: Revisiting the Archaeology of the American Revolution", at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Revolutionary War is a rich part of American history. The colonial artifacts left behind also have stories of their own to tell, yet the challenges in …

Shipwreck Explorers Discover HMS Ontario

Rochester, New York – HMS Ontario, a British warship built in 1780 has been discovered in deep water off the southern shore of Lake Ontario.Shipwreck enthusiasts Jim Kennard and Dan Scoville located the ship utilizing sophisticated side scanning sonar and an underwater remote operated vehicle.

Marine Scientists Use Sonar to Tell NJ's Revolutionary War History

Where the Garden State Parkway crosses over the Mullica River, lies an unseen story of the American Revolution concealed by murky water. On Oct. 6, 1778, the British burned as many as ten merchant ships that had been captured by privateers operating out of Port Republic, N.J. in the Battle of Chestnut Neck, the first amphibious …

Four Revolutionary War Shipwrecks Discovered in Ne

Four Revolutionary War-era ships, believed to be part of a fleet of 13 British transport ships deliberately sunk by British forces defending Newport in 177

Amazing Look at 1781 Shipwrecks – The Watermen's Museum

It's important to realize the significance of these wood ship hulls that remain on the bottom of our York River. The shipwrecks were sunk during the Revolutionary War's Battle of …

JRS Explorations is excited to announce our involvement in

We are making the most high resolution mapping to date of the Yorktown and Gloucester sides of the York River. We are mapping currently known British shipwrecks, looking specifically for dimensions and precise locations, as well as searching for new British shipwrecks from the "Siege of Yorktown", the final battle of the Revolutionary War.

New Shipwrecks Located in York River

Marine archaeologists surveying the York River may have discovered wrecks dating to the final battle of the Revolutionary War. Earlier this month, a sonar scan of the bottom of the river revealed several unidentified targets, and hopes are high that they are vessels from the fleet of British General Charles Cornwallis and the "Siege of Yorktown."

This is what happened after mislabeled Revolutionary War …

The ship was one of nine British shipwrecks discovered in the York River that archaeologists have linked to the October 1781 battle that ended the Revolution. (Stephen M. Katz/The ian-Pilot ...

1780 British Warship Found In Lake Ontario

A 22-gun British warship that sank during the American Revolution and has long been regarded as one of the "Holy Grail" shipwrecks in the Great Lakes has been …

British Perspective American Revolution

The "constrained voice" is a good synopsis of how the British viewed the American Revolutionary War. From anxiety to a foreboding sense of the conflict being a civil war, to some admiration, and to a hardened resolve most present in their monarchy. The "constrained voice" furthermore would also symbolize the first decades of …

Are Millions in Gold from a British Shipwreck Still in the East …

During the American Revolution, British Admiral George Bridges Rodney ordered the Royal Navy HMS Hussar to set sail for Gardiner's Bay at the eastern end of Long Island.On November 24, 1780 ...

Ships and Boats: 1840-1950

The evidence of wrecks and abandoned vessels is drawn on, as well as extant vessels. Also included is the early development of submarines. This guidance note has been …