The Wreck of the Warwick, Bermuda 1619

Summary

While visiting Bermuda in 1619, the earl of Warwick’s race-built galleon Warwick wrecked during a hurricane in Castle Harbour Bermuda. The ship carried the new governor of Bermuda, settlers, their possession, tools, and provisions for England’s earliest colonies across the Atlantic. Notwithstanding the official designation of the vessel as Virginia Company’s ‘magazine’ ship, the Warwick was not an ordinary freighter. It was a finely crafted vessel and a powerful fighting machine. Over the course of four field seasons, a team of archaeologists, students, and volunteers from various universities and international organizations excavated and recorded the Warwick’s hull. Already the wreck is shedding new light on 17th-century English shipbuilding techniques and Bermuda’s and America’s colonial history.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2014   •
• Maritime Archaeology Project Updates from Around the World

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

Record Identifiers

PaperId(s): SYM-40,01