Divers find remnants of old shipwrecks in Currituck Sound,NC

[Gypsy Heart]

7/17/2006 9:58 AM
By: Associated Press

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. -- State underwater archaeologists have found the remains of several boats in the Currituck Sound, including two they believe sank more than 100 years ago.

Divers discovered last week what they believe was the steam freighter Undine. The ship struck a log and sank off Mackay Island in March 1912 while en route from Norfolk, Virginia, to Coinjock.

Richard Lawrence with the state Department of Cultural Resources believes the freighter was carrying passengers when it sank.

Divers last week also discovered wooden planks and other debris from a 25-foot wooden sailing vessel in about six feet of water near Monkey Island. Lawrence says it dates back to the 1800s, possibly before the Civil War.

Information from the shipwrecks will be recorded at the Underwater Archaeology Branch's headquarters at Fort Fisher.

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[cryptodave]

Gypsy, there is so many ships in that sound that them squaking aobut 2 is crazy. The sound used to be the main way to get from point A to B here in Currituck Co., and Moyock, the township I live in even had a major shopping area with 4 different general stores for the ships to pull in for supplies so they would not have to go all the way up to the Norfolk area.
The sound gets crazy choppy in just regular weather, I can't imagine being on a boat in bad weather out there. Not to mention there is places it goes from 20 ft deep to inches without warning. Roving underwater sand dunes and what not.

Thanks for educating the public on this wonderful sound! Duck hunting used to be a huge industry here, but not so much anymore, but the fishing is pretty darn good still!

 

[Darren in NC]

I wouldn't want to dive much in the sound, Dave, but off your part of the coast... there's a lot yet to be found between there and Cape Henry!

 

[IrishCharlieM]

Makes me want to dive all the local sounds and inlets.....

 

[dmpless]

We just found some remains of an old ship/boat with pegs. Currituck Sound across from lighthouse.

 

[forresterboatworks]

We just found some remains of an old ship/boat with pegs. Currituck Sound across from lighthouse.

Any other info

 

[forresterboatworks]

Any other info

Love to see pics of it. Was down in

Any other info

was down in Notts Island

We just found some remains of an old ship/boat with pegs. Currituck Sound across from lighthouse.

was down in Knotts Island today talking ship wrecks with a buddy of mine

 

[CaptEsteban]

Yes, that Sound was used for some of the early immigrants to come to America.

 

[Blak bart]

On the stretch from coinjock to Beaufort N.C. many wrecks can be seen in times of low water. They are dotted up every side creek you pass and many are navigation hazards. Lewis, who runs the coinjock marina is also a duck hunting guide and can show you many wrecks on this waterway. As you pass them in the waterway they will often be partially above water when the water level is low. As you enter the sounds of Currituck, and Pamlico the wrecks are even more widespread !! Both sounds harbor many secrets !!

 

[Red_desert]

Probably pirates too?

 

[Red_desert]

https://news.yahoo.com/news/cannon-retrieved-blackbeards-pirate-ship-220608093.html

A team of diving archaeologists completed their mission today (Oct. 26) to retrieve a cannon from Blackbeard's pirate ship.
The Queen Anne's Revenge sank off the coast of North Carolina in 1718 when Blackbeard (Edward Teach) ran it into the ground while entering an inlet.
The cannon, known as C13, is 8 feet (2.4 meters) long and weighs 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms).
One of the largest of the ship's 40 guns, cannon C23, was the real prize of the mission, but the team wasn't able to work it free, said Fay Mitchell, spokesperson for the . On the ocean floor, C23 was surrounded by a kettle, wooden deadeyes, a pewter plate, cannonballs and a number of unidentified objects, and the team wasn't able to remove the cannon in time to raise it to the surface.
Bringing C13 to the surface was still a big win for the team, which had to deal with a long weather delay mid-mission.

"It was a wonderful day for the dive," Mitchell told OurAmazingPlanet. "Our team had great luck."
The raising of the cannon, which is covered in concrete-like accretions of sand and barnacles, attracted a throng of onlookers. Despite the frenzy, the cannon was safely retired and moved to be put on display in front of the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort, N.C

 

[crashbandicoot]

https://news.yahoo.com/news/cannon-retrieved-blackbeards-pirate-ship-220608093.html

A team of diving archaeologists completed their mission today (Oct. 26) to retrieve a cannon from Blackbeard's pirate ship.
The Queen Anne's Revenge sank off the coast of North Carolina in 1718 when Blackbeard (Edward Teach) ran it into the ground while entering an inlet.
The cannon, known as C13, is 8 feet (2.4 meters) long and weighs 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms).
One of the largest of the ship's 40 guns, cannon C23, was the real prize of the mission, but the team wasn't able to work it free, said Fay Mitchell, spokesperson for the . On the ocean floor, C23 was surrounded by a kettle, wooden deadeyes, a pewter plate, cannonballs and a number of unidentified objects, and the team wasn't able to remove the cannon in time to raise it to the surface.
Bringing C13 to the surface was still a big win for the team, which had to deal with a long weather delay mid-mission.

"It was a wonderful day for the dive," Mitchell told OurAmazingPlanet. "Our team had great luck."
The raising of the cannon, which is covered in concrete-like accretions of sand and barnacles, attracted a throng of onlookers. Despite the frenzy, the cannon was safely retired and moved to be put on display in front of the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort, N.C

That,s really interesting.Thanks for that story,I enjoyed it!

 

[ivan salis]

archie finding ANY shipwreck is big news to them

 

[Red_desert]

Archies asking any treasure hunter for help or advice, is an event so rare, the media would have a difficult time trying to document it.