HMS Hussar

[BennyV]

Anyone know anything about the HMS Hussar which sunk in the East River off of Manhattan during the revolutionary war?

 

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[traveller777]

Anyone know anything about the HMS Hussar which sunk in the East River off of Manhattan during the revolutionary war?

Just what you can read online. Rumors of gold aboard. Went down while trying to negotiate the Hell Gate passage. Or so it reads.

 

[traveller777]

Anyone know anything about the HMS Hussar which sunk in the East River off of Manhattan during the revolutionary war?

Makes an interesting read, but no way I would attempt to salvage anything there if I read the law right for New York.

 

[njcommercialdiver]

and with all the decades of blasting and channel dredging, likely long gone

the army corp blasted hells gate and pot rock down to the seafloor in the late 1800s

do remember, someone thinking they found it after hurricane sandy slammed new york

 

[traveller777]

and with all the decades of blasting and channel dredging, likely long gone

the army corp blasted hells gate and pot rock down to the seafloor in the late 1800s

do remember, someone thinking they found it after hurricane sandy slammed new york

good information

 

[njcommercialdiver]

found the 2013 article about finding the wreckage, dont know if anything ever was found conclusive

Finding Trash and Worse, but So Far, No Ship With Treasure (Published 2013)

After Hurricane Sandy’s watery wrath remade parts of New York City’s coastline, could a long lost ship have finally been found off the South Bronx?

www.nytimes.com

 

[traveller777]

found the 2013 article about finding the wreckage

Finding Trash and Worse, but So Far, No Ship With Treasure (Published 2013)

After Hurricane Sandy’s watery wrath remade parts of New York City’s coastline, could a long lost ship have finally been found off the South Bronx?

www.nytimes.com

Thanks. New York Times wants you to subscribe to read article. I will try to reference later.

 

[njcommercialdiver]

just click the x in the upper right and it goes back to the article, at least it did for me

 

[njcommercialdiver]

just went back and looked at it again, it comes up with a "you have reached your limit of free articles" and blocks the article with that

 

[BennyV]

and with all the decades of blasting and channel dredging, likely long gone

the army corp blasted hells gate and pot rock down to the seafloor in the late 1800s

do remember, someone thinking they found it after hurricane sandy slammed new york

Yeah that was an old news article. He later said it was just an old wooden barge.

 

[traveller777]

Yeah that was an old news article. He later said it was just an old wooden barge.

Good follow up.

 

[BennyV]

and with all the decades of blasting and channel dredging, likely long gone

the army corp blasted hells gate and pot rock down to the seafloor in the late 1800s

do remember, someone thinking they found it after hurricane sandy slammed new york

Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s still down there. There’s plenty of wrecks that are in those waters. Some known and most unknown.

Typical of this state.

 

[traveller777]

Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s still down there. There’s plenty of wrecks that are in those waters. Some known and most unknown.

Typical of this state.

Too bad laws there are so prohibitive.

 

[whydahdiver]

Many years ago I and Rob McClung dove a site near Riker's Island chasing down a target that Barry Clifford thought was the Hussar, of course it wasn't though. Filthy water and nasty currents, we had to get a bunch of shots as per the health department just to dive in that cesspool. We only saw 2 living things on the bottom: black eels and black crabs neither of which were originally black. We went to Chinatown for dinner and there was a restaurant specializing in seafood, lo and behold what was in the giant tank you ask? Needless to say we didn't eat there!

WD

 

[traveller777]

Many years ago I and Rob McClung dove a site near Riker's Island chasing down a target that Barry Clifford thought was the Hussar, of course it wasn't though. Filthy water and nasty currents, we had to get a bunch of shots as per the health department just to dive in that cesspool. We only saw 2 living things on the bottom: black eels and black crabs neither of which were originally black. We went to Chinatown for dinner and there was a restaurant specializing in seafood, lo and behold what was in the giant tank you ask? Needless to say we didn't eat there!

WD

I do not think I would like chocolate crab either.

 

[DCMatt]

Anyone know anything about the HMS Hussar which sunk in the East River off of Manhattan during the revolutionary war?

Here's a bit of info from a 1998 Sport Diver magazine:

I also saw the map mentioned in the article on Google Books.
There must be treasure there because the map clearly had an 'X' on the spot.

 

[DCMatt]

Here's a bit of info from a 1998 Sport Diver magazine:

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I also saw the map mentioned in the article on Google Books.
There must be treasure there because the map clearly had an 'X' on the spot.

Here's a very well researched article printed in 1974 by NOAA:

 

[traveller777]

Here's a very well researched article printed in 1974 by NOAA:

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Thanks for sharing.

 

[BennyV]

Here's a very well researched article printed in 1974 by NOAA:

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Good read.

 

[BennyV]

Many years ago I and Rob McClung dove a site near Riker's Island chasing down a target that Barry Clifford thought was the Hussar, of course it wasn't though. Filthy water and nasty currents, we had to get a bunch of shots as per the health department just to dive in that cesspool. We only saw 2 living things on the bottom: black eels and black crabs neither of which were originally black. We went to Chinatown for dinner and there was a restaurant specializing in seafood, lo and behold what was in the giant tank you ask? Needless to say we didn't eat there!

WD

Funny you mentioned this. I remember reading that Barry Clifford was poking around looking for it. Then that was it. Not another word on it. I guess it wasn’t the ship he thought it was.

What was the wreck you found?

By the way I think I have an approximate location of the wreck.