SHIPWRECK
SEVERN
1769
– 1775
Rooseevelt
Inlet shipwreck archeologist have given a centries old
shipwreck
a tentative name. Project leaders, Daniel Griffin and Charles
Fithian
have told the Severn is the most likely candidate. The Severn
was
one of the 80 foot lone three mast ships bound for Phildelphia
from
Bristol, England in 1774. The wreckage was found in Novemeber
2004 when a beach replenishment project dredged up artifacts
picked up by Lewes beachcombers.
The
Severn was piloted by Captain Hathorn who knew the Delaware
waters
well an was duly reported wrecked in Delaware Bay 1774 on it's
way
to Philidelphia from Brostol.
Abstract:
09/23/18 by Harrison H. from Delaware State News,
article
by Drew Volturo, for Facebook page “Lewes to Ocean City”.
www.delmarhistory.blogspot.com
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