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Volunteers and members of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission use fire hoses, hand shovels and heavy equipment to remove the sand and pull what remains of a shipwreck off the beach in Corolla, N.C. on Tuesday, April 6, 2010. The wreck could be the oldest shipwreck on the Carolina coast. (L. Todd Spencer | The Virginian-Pilot) Image 1 of 5

More pictures at the source link.

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Shipwreck ping

[nesnah]

I am sure this “graduate student” is due for at least 10 years of government grants to “study” this wreck.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Looks like the guy is taking a huge pee.

[patriot08]

Interesting. (Good video at site.)

[Jacquerie]

Only the most incredibly brave set off in ships for Virginia.

[centurion316]

Details might be found in the United Kingdom's Public Record Office, Rodgers said.

He probably won't find much there, a better bet would be the National Maritime Museum, although the pickings are pretty thin for a merchant vessel of this era.

[martin_fierro]

Kakkylakky Del Norte PING

[DollyCali]

BTTT

[afraidfortherepublic]

Wow! I could have had a relative aboard that ship. Family records show that an ancestor came to Virginia on the First Supply in 1607-08. Nobody knows what happened to him, but his daughter came a few years later to claim his estate, married, and founded our line. The bones of that hulk are beautiful.

[GenXteacher]

Based on the pictures they sure don’t have a lot to start with. Best of luck to these guys working on this.

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Here is a link to the museum mentioned in the article.

The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum .

[nmh]

WOW!

Thanks for posting the picture.

I’ll look at the others.

[agrace]

Very cool.

[hennie pennie]

wow.

[bannie]

WOW. Thanks. I love this stuff!

[ComputerGuy]

Back in the late 70s, I spent many an hour 4-wheeling up the coast from Duck to Corolla. Back then, you had to drive on the beach at low tide to even get to Corolla. I remember seeing a few shipwrecks along the way. One in particular was obviously modern, but the were some wooden beams to be seen in a couple of places.

[colorado tanker]

The Sea Venture, which may have been a sister ship.

En route to Virginia the Sea Venture ran into a hurricane. As the ship foundered they spotted Bermuda, got as close as possible and ran aground. All survived. Bermuda produced plenty of food and over the months they built two small ships. They sailed to Virginia, only to stumble in on the end of the Starving Time. They decided to return to England, but as they were departing they encountered the new governor and resupply ships, so they changed their minds. Among them was John Rolfe, who had the precious stolen Spanish tobacco seeds that would lead to the tobacco boom and the success of the Virginia colony.

Those who remained behind in Bermuda lead to that British colony.