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With four more hulks spotted, Rhode Island can boast it has the world's "largest fleet of Revolutionary shipwrecks," a maritime expert says.
A recent find brings to six the number of historic sea wrecks dating back to the Revolutionary War found by the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project in its search for relics in Newport Harbor.
Project director D.K. Abbass told the Providence Journal the ships are believed to be part of a private fleet of 13 British transports sunk during the war for independence.
Abbas said among the wrecks still not located likely is the Endeavor, which Capt. James Cook sailed on his trip around the world beginning in 1768.
The discoveries were financed by a $20,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which covers exploration and discovery. New funding must be found to pay for study and excavation.
http://www.physorg.com/news66923160.html
Shipwreck May Be Cook's Endeavour
5:43 PM, 17 May 2006
Captain James Cook's Endeavour, the 18th Century ship he sailed on his epic voyage to New Zealand, may be one of the four shipwrecks found off the coast of the US.
The ship is among four from a British fleet used during the US Revolutionary War found off Rhode Island.
Researchers with the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project say they believe the ships, and two others previously discovered, are part of a 13-vessel transport fleet.
The fleet was intentionally sunk by the British in Newport Harbor in 1778 to keep French ships from landing to aid the Americans' drive for independence.
The archaeologists say one of the 13 ships in the sunken British fleet was the Lord Sandwich, which records show was once the Endeavour.
Archaeologists say it is unclear which ship could be the Endeavour.
Using historical materials and sonar, the archaeologists discovered the ships in Narragansett Bay, about a kilometre off Newport.
http://www.newswire.co.nz/main/viewstory.aspx?storyid=317347&catid=0
A recent find brings to six the number of historic sea wrecks dating back to the Revolutionary War found by the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project in its search for relics in Newport Harbor.
Project director D.K. Abbass told the Providence Journal the ships are believed to be part of a private fleet of 13 British transports sunk during the war for independence.
Abbas said among the wrecks still not located likely is the Endeavor, which Capt. James Cook sailed on his trip around the world beginning in 1768.
The discoveries were financed by a $20,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which covers exploration and discovery. New funding must be found to pay for study and excavation.
http://www.physorg.com/news66923160.html
Shipwreck May Be Cook's Endeavour
5:43 PM, 17 May 2006
Captain James Cook's Endeavour, the 18th Century ship he sailed on his epic voyage to New Zealand, may be one of the four shipwrecks found off the coast of the US.
The ship is among four from a British fleet used during the US Revolutionary War found off Rhode Island.
Researchers with the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project say they believe the ships, and two others previously discovered, are part of a 13-vessel transport fleet.
The fleet was intentionally sunk by the British in Newport Harbor in 1778 to keep French ships from landing to aid the Americans' drive for independence.
The archaeologists say one of the 13 ships in the sunken British fleet was the Lord Sandwich, which records show was once the Endeavour.
Archaeologists say it is unclear which ship could be the Endeavour.
Using historical materials and sonar, the archaeologists discovered the ships in Narragansett Bay, about a kilometre off Newport.
http://www.newswire.co.nz/main/viewstory.aspx?storyid=317347&catid=0
