Finding HMS Amethyst; A 32-Gun Royal Navy Napoleonic Frigate
Author(s): Mallory Haas
Year: 2018
Summary
During the summer of 2014 The SHIPS Project UK located a wreck within Plymouth Sound. Further investigation during fieldwork in 2015 identified the wreck as the Royal Navy heavy frigate HMS Amethyst lost in 1811.
Throughout the 2015 field season a number of artifacts were recovered including a large number of copper fixings and a quantity of copper hull sheathing. Some of the copper fixings included printed dates and manufacturers marks. Subsequent research into copper has connected us with over 20 partnerships and projects with similar interests. The story of the copper led us to the USS Constitution and the tale of her copper fixings, then finally to one of the worlds copper experts who is re-writing the story of the use of copper in the 19th Century Royal Navy.
Cite this Record
Finding HMS Amethyst; A 32-Gun Royal Navy Napoleonic Frigate. Mallory Haas. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2018 ( tDAR id: 441507)
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Keywords
General
Copper
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Frigate
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Royal Navy
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
1780-1800
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 486