El Salvador Shipwreck...

[diverdown123]

Hello from Virginia. I’m trying to find as much information as possible on the 1750 El Salvador shipwreck. Any help is appreciated.

Diverdown123

 

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[vpnavy]

1st - I noticed this was your very first post - so, Welcome Aboard diverdown123! Take a look at Forum: Virginia for information (i.e., clubs, etc.) directly related to your state.

2nd - I moved ya from NEW MEMBER INTRODUCTIONS over to SHIPWRECKS for more exposure.

3rd - A quick search brought up 11 hits!

 

[Simon1]

You probably already have seen these:

El Salvador Archives - Yesterday on the Outer Banks


https://files.nc.gov/dncr-qar/documents/files/QAR-R-08-01.pdf


El Salvador - Intersal Inc

 

[ARC]

You probably already have seen these:

El Salvador Archives - Yesterday on the Outer Banks


https://files.nc.gov/dncr-qar/documents/files/QAR-R-08-01.pdf


El Salvador - Intersal Inc

Simon,,, link 2 is for QAR.

 

[ARC]

You probably already have seen these:

El Salvador Archives - Yesterday on the Outer Banks


https://files.nc.gov/dncr-qar/documents/files/QAR-R-08-01.pdf


El Salvador - Intersal Inc

Simon,,, link 2 is for QAR.

 

[Mackaydon]

AARC,
Pages 14 and 15 in link #2 also refer to the El Salvador.
Don.....

 

[ARC]

AARC,
Pages 14 and 15 in link #2 also refer to the El Salvador.
Don.....

I just saw.

 

[ARC]

1750 piece of eight minted in Mexico City. Usually packed three thousand to a chest. El Salvador had sixteen chests on board when she wrecked on Cape Lookout.

 

[Rookster]

Welcome to Tnet from Mississippi

 

[Jason in Enid]

1750 piece of eight minted in Mexico City. Usually packed three thousand to a chest. El Salvador had sixteen chests on board when she wrecked on Cape Lookout.

View attachment 1761972

So how many were recovered from the wreck after the storm passed?

 

[ARC]

So how many were recovered from the wreck after the storm passed?

As far as I know... no coins have ever been recovered.

 

[Darren in NC]

Many have spent quite a bit looking for this wreck. Because I live in NC, I have a great deal of research on her. Sand is too deep. And there are some who think she might even be under the beach, some think further out. The NC coast undergoes a great deal of flux with the Labrador Current and Gulf Stream meeting just north of this spot.

 

[diverdown123]

Would love to see your research!

 

[RTR]

Found 10" down on OBX beach 2 years ago. Might be nothing.Might be old copper sheathing from a 18 century wooden ships hull.

 

[Magoopeter]

View attachment 1762180 Found 10" down on OBX beach 2 years ago. Might be nothing.Might be old copper sheathing from a 18 century wooden ships hull.

Copper plated tin, as in snuff or tobacco box?

 

[FISHEYE]

We blew a 100 foot wide hole and 35 feet deep with the Ocean Star on the El Salvador wreck site several years ago to bring up some wood off the deck of the snow schooner to identify it as from the 1750 period.Jim Sinclair brought the wood up and did the ident on it and determined that the wood was from the new england area of america and was transported to europe to be used in building the snow as over in europe back then they had used up all their forests building ships and had to get wood from here.The El Salvador ballast is at least 50 feet down in the sand.I guess NC banned prop wash to excavate wrecks up there this was after we blew giant holes.We had to blow our way in to the site and blow our way out.November is the only month out of the year that site can be worked.

 

[diverdown123]

FISHEYE can you contact me directly?

 

[Alexandre]

That does not make any sense. Why transport the wood all over to Europe, when you could built it on your side?

Starting late 18th and early 19th century, what happens is that every european shipowner from the South of Europe and England is going to New York and Boston to by American built ships...

Jim Sinclair brought the wood up and did the ident on it and determined that the wood was from the new england area of america and was transported to europe to be used in building the snow as over in europe back then they had used up all their forests building ships and had to get wood from here.

 

[xaos]

Jim Sinclair brought the wood up and did the ident on it and determined that the wood was from the new england area of america and was transported to europe to be used in building the snow as over in europe back then they had used up all their forests building ships and had to get wood from here.

Only Sinclair would make such a claim...jeez...

then reality sinks in.

Yes, wood from America was sent back to Europe, in the form of ships....

 

[Magoopeter]

Interesting, have you better image of both sides, also could you point out any features that you can identify, such as any pitch or horse hair, nails, nail holes or Burrs (washers).