English Privateer Lord Clive Found-- Part 1

From the May 10, 2015, NDTV  "After 252 Years, English Warship To be Recovered Off Uruguay."

The Lord Clive was sunk by the Spanish in 1763 and discovered off Uruguay by Ruben Collado in 2004.

It was announced Friday, May 8, that he had received permission from the government of Uruguay to bring up the remains of the 60-gun privateer from off the coast of Colonia del Sacramento.

It was sunk by gunfire from the Spanish while the English and Portuguese bombarded the city during the Seven years War.  Some 270 died aboard the Lord Clive.  The Spanish were able to hold on to the city, but it was later returned to Portugal under the Treaty of 1763.

The Lord Clive was reported to have been carrying a lot of gold as well as barrels of mercury and rum.

--CootClive

Team Examining a Gulf Shipwreck Find Two Others-- Part 1

From the July 26, 2013, Yahoo! News, AP by Michael Graczyk.

Marine archaeologists in the Gulf of Mexico were exploring a ship in deep water and discovered two other sunken vessels believed to have gone down in the early 19th century.

Not much is known about them.  They were discovered 170 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas, 4,363 feet deep (3/4 mile).  This is the deepest Gulf of mexico shipwrecks to systematically investigated by archaeologists.

In eight days, using remote control devices, they have recovered 60 artifacts.  Among them is china from Britain, ceramics from Mexico and a musket from Canada.

Two of the ships were carrying similar items and might have been privateers.  The third ship had hides and large bricks of tallow and may have been a prize ship seized by the privateers.

The three ships likely went down in the first two decades of the 1800s.

--Cooter