We stood in the ruined fort looking down at the sea. Each one of us was exhausted from months of excavation, but feeling rejuvenated by our climb to the top of Castle Island. From our vantage point we could watch the ocean churn amongst the reefs lying out beyond the small barrier islands. Far beneath […]

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By Guest Blogger: Jeff Delsescaux Jeff Delsescaux, recording timbers underwater. – © 2012 Warwick Project When not being delayed by weather, the crew of the Warwick Project is recording the shipwreck in minute detail.  To make sure we make an accurate map of the ship, we use multiple methods…

Originally posted on Warwick, 1619: Shipwreck Excavation:
The previous week had been grey and miserable. The wind kept shifting and made rounding Castle Roads a choppy passage. For the most part, we were constantly working with the latent threat of a storm. On the morning of the 28th, however, the sun was brilliant, the sky cloudless,…

At last – the Warwick Excavation blog is up and running! Veronica and I are in beautiful Bermuda helping to uncover and document the sunken English galleon Warwick. For the next two months we will be blogging live from the project at http://warwick1619.wordpress.com/ Warwick sank in Castle Harbour, Bermuda almost 400 years ago. The galleon […]

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In 1619, when Sir Robert Rich ordered his Galleon Warwick to sail to the American Colonies with a load of much needed supplies, he may have had more than merchant work in mind. Sir Robert, the Earl of Warwick, was a major shareholder in the Bermuda Company. Although his stake in the joint-stock company was […]

In the fall of 1619, a hurricane dashed the English Galleon Warwick against the cliffs of Bermuda’s Castle Harbor. After lying beneath the sand for nearly four centuries, the ship has been uncovered again. Some people believe the most valuable thing that we can get from a shipwreck is information about the past. Others think […]

In November 1619, a hurricane ripped across the island of Bermuda. In the King’s Anchorage, the English Galleon Warwick broke free of her moorings and was shattered on the reefs. Warwick was a key link in the lifeline that tied the fledgling colony of Jamestown to Bermuda and England. When she sank, that tie was severed. With no other […]

For the past two seasons, volunteers and archaeologists have been excavating and documenting a 17th century shipwreck, the Warwick, in Bermuda. The Warwick project is a National Museum of Bermuda (NMB) project in partnership with Texas A&M & Institute of Nautical Archaeology  and in association with The Global Exploration and Oceanographic Society (G-EOS) and Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton. […]

The Warwick 2011 field season was wonderfully productive. Consequently, we were endlessly busy. With the season at its close, I have a few breaths to post some project photos. They will not be in chronological order. For a day-by-day account of the Project, see Jason’s Blog at G-EOS. The dive boat arrives at Terry’s dock outside Tuckers […]