Two Wrecks in a Historic Careenage
The Case for Identification of the Deadman’s Island and Town Point Shipwrecks in Pensacola Bay, Florida
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12405584 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Van Slyke (0000-0001-7725-9908, Anthropology Department, University of West Florida Ringgold standard institution, Pensacola, FL, USA, corresponding author), Della Scott-Ireton (Florida Public Archaeology Network, University of West Florida Ringgold standard institution, Pensacola, FL, USA), Marianne Franklin (Department of Anthropology, Nautical Archaeology Program, Texas A&M University College Station Ringgold standard institution, College Station, TX, USA) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 154-164 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1057-2414 • E-ISSN: 1095-9270 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10572414.2021.1951069 |
| OpenAlex | W2963902738 |
| Language | EN |
The Deadman’s Island (8SR782) and Town Point (8SR983) shipwrecks are unidentified vessel remains that were archaeologically investigated and interpreted as small stripped and abandoned vessels from the British Occupational Period of Pensacola (1763–1781). The wrecks are located in an 18th-century British Royal Navy careenage called Old Navy Cove at the landform known as Deadman’s Island near Gulf Breeze, Florida. Contemporary documents, both reanalysed and rediscovered, may prove the Deadman’s Island Wreck to be HMS Florida, the last survey schooner of Royal Surveyor and Cartographer George Gauld, and the Town Point Wreck Florida’s attendant shallop
Archaeology · Bay · Geography · Identification (biology · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |