Excavating
Ships of War

These papers based on a two-day conference ‘The Archaeology of Ships of War’, that took place in Greenwich in 1992, have been expanded to include others solicited by the editor. They focus on specific surveys and excavations, many of which are ongoing.

CONTENTS:

Manuel Martin-Bueno - Cavoli: A 15th Century shipwreck off Sardinia.

Max Guerout and Eric Rieth - The Lomellina: Villefranche Sur Mer, 1516.

Winifred Glover - The Spanish Armada wreck of Ireland, 1588.

Mensun Bound - wreck off Alderney, Channel Islands from the late Elizabethan period.

Mensun Bound, Ong Soo Hin and Nigel Pickford - The Nassau: Straits of Malacca, 1606.

Bengt Grisell - The Riksnyckeln: Sweden, 1628.

Colin Martin - The Dartmouth: Sound of Mull, Scotland, 1690.

Bryan Smith - The Resolution: Pevensey, England, 1703.

Jorgen Christoffersen - The Dannebroge: Køge Bay, Denmark, 1710.

Mensun Bound and William Gosset - The Dragon: The Casquets, Channel Islands, 1712.

Svein Molaug - The Lossen: Stolen, Norway, 1717.

John M Bingeman - The Invincible: Solent, England, 1758.

Javier F Garcia Cano - The Swift, Patagonia, 1770.

Ann Birchall - The Colossus: Samson, Isles of Scilly, 1778

David C Switzer - The Defence: Stockton Harbor, Maine, USA 1779.

Max Guerout - The Slava Rosii: Levant Islands, 1780.

Mensun Bound and Brian Riggs - The Endymion: Turks and Caicos Islands, 1790.

Myra Stanbury - The Sirius: Norfolk Island, Australia, 1790.

Peter Gesner - The Pandora: Australia, 1791

Mensun Bound and Hector Bardo - Nelson’s The Agamemnon: River Plate, Uraguay, 1809

Michael Teisin - The St. George: Jutland, 1811.

Phillip J Wright - The Hamilton and the Scourge: The Great Lakes, 1813.

James P Delgado - The Somers: Vera Cruz, Mexico, 1847.

John D Broadwater - The Monitor: North Carolina, USA, 1862.

Dan Lenihan - From Pearl to Bikini: the underwater archaeology of World War II in the Pacific.