Monday, May 21, 2018

1752 - 1775 LEWES SHIPWRECKS OFF LEWES CREEK



1762 to 1775 Lewes Shipwrecks
my be close to being identified.

Researchers are moving closed to learning the name and origin of the wrecked
merchant ship that has been the source of artifacts washing ashore at Roosevelt Inlet
since last December .

Dan Griffith , Lewes Maritime Archaeological Project, has said a London historian
is searching records to find names of ships from England for Philadelphia between 1762
and 1775 and wreccked off Lewes. Hopes are the find ships name, a cargo manifest and a
captains name.

The research has narrowed the list to four ships, the Pitt Packet, Severn. Vaughn
and Commerce which were all wrecked near Lewes in the given period.

Insurance records in London would provide size and characteristics for a ship, and
list the cargo . If that happens the cargo can be compared to the found artifacts.

The project moved operations from the Cape Henlopen State Park bunker to a
lab at the College of Marine Studies, that has climate control , restrooms, more space
for work and storage. Griffith says as far as archaeological projects go, this one is moving
ahead at a good pace. It is in the middle of a review of the final report of underwater
archaeologist report the Army Corps of Engineers did last spring. The state has awarded
$200,000 and a $300,000 grant came from the US Government.


Abstract: Cape Gazette, December 30, 2006, by Henry Evans, Jr., Staff,

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