Neckerchief found in 150-year-old shipwreck restored - but remains shrouded in myster

[Magoopeter]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/12...eck-restored--but-remains-shrouded-in-mystery

 

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[TRG]

Amazing what the sands can hide - an entire intact wooden ship. "Neckerchief" seems an unlikely lead but this one appears to be worthy of the honor.

 

[villagenut]

I love that pic of the vessel as it was first exposed on the beach.

 

[Surf_Pirate]

great read. Thanks for the info. Amazed of what is still held under the beach sand

 

[GoDeep]

What i always find amazing about these old wooden shipwrecks is just how small they were. Even the "big" sea going ones were relatively small. Some peoples leisure boats are bigger and more sea worthy.

 

[MiddenMonster]

What i always find amazing about these old wooden shipwrecks is just how small they were. Even the "big" sea going ones were relatively small. Some peoples leisure boats are bigger and more sea worthy.

That's always amazed me, too. Then you think about how hard life at sea was and you wonder why anyone would have done it back then. Two movies come to mind which provide a hint of how hard and miserable that life could be: "Bounty" (with Anthony Hopkins) and "Damn the Defiant!" with Sir Alec Guinness. And those movies don't come close to how really bad it could be. Throw in press gangs and "rum, buggery and the lash" and a normal person would gladly choose working in the salt mines for the rest of their life before choosing a life at sea.

 

[Magoopeter]

I see you have travelled to the east

 

[Al D]

Awesome discovery....not for the profane

 

[dognose]

very interesting for sure. The Facebook page had a number of good photos with the meaning deciphered which was also interesting.

 

[ARC]

very interesting for sure. The Facebook page had a number of good photos with the meaning deciphered which was also interesting.

And what was "the meaning deciphered" ? ? ?

Sorry but i dont use FakeBook.

 

[TRG]

A.L.G.D.G.A.D.L = À la Gloire du Grand Architecte de L'Univers (To the Glory of the Grand Architect of the Universe).

 

[TRG]

A.L.G.D.G.A.D.L = À la Gloire du Grand Architecte de L'Univers (To the Glory of the Grand Architect of the Universe).

The abovetext and the image from the FB page. Not mine.

 

[TRG]

same source