Further study and the removal of sediment on the cannons may provide information on when and where they were manufactured. The cannons appear to date to possibly the mid-1700s – predating the Civil War by about a century – which aligns closely with the HMS Rose’s history. From Whydah Pirate MuseumĦ skeletons found at a pirate shipwreck site could point to its fabled captain The British, hoping they would gain support from royalists in the South, took Savannah in 1778, only to find themselves defending it less than a year later.Ī scan of remains found in concretions off of Cape Cod.
The 13 colonies, determined to gain their independence, fought the forces of King George III on land and sea. “It could (tell) a part of the story of Savannah that has not been looked at in a very long time,” Corps district archaeologist Andrea Farmer said of the discovery.Ī short refresher course might be in order to answer that question. For now, there’s a mixture of caution about jumping to conclusions and tantalizing possibilities. Research, diving and sonar scans of the site will be conducted before anyone knows for sure – if certainty is even possible – the origin and context of the artifacts. Nearly 250 years ago, the British scuttled the ship in the Savannah River to block the channel and prevent French ships from coming to the aid of colonists trying to retake the city. They told CNN last week that – based on measurements and appearance – the cannons may be from the HMS Rose, a famed British warship that mixed it up with colonists during the revolution or, as the UK calls it, the War of Independence. Courtesy Royal NavyĪrchaeologists and Britain’s Royal Navy are offering an even more intriguing and exciting possibility. Experts say the Rose led to the formation of the precursor to the US Navy. The British warships Phoenix and Rose engage with American vessels in New York during the Revolutionary War.
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