Thanks to Alaric Bond for passing on an intriguing news item. A cannon said to be from HMS Bounty, the ship made famous by a mutiny in 1789, is being put up for sale at an upcoming auction. According to … Continue reading
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US Navy archaeologists have retrieved a cannon which they believe came from USS Revenge, a schooner commanded by Oliver Hazard Perry in 1811. The schooner struck a reef and sank off Watch Hill in Westerly, RI in 1811. Navy divers … Continue reading
Six guns from the ships of privateer Admiral Sir Henry Morgan are believed to have been found in the Chagres River in Panama. Henry Morgan’s cannons found in Panama, archaeologists say Archaeologists have recovered six cannons from the ships of Welsh privateer … Continue reading