Cannon brought ashore from 1619 shipwreck
Created: Jun 27, 2012 08:00 AM (Updated: Jun 27, 2012 10:19 AM)
Relic: Curator Elena Strong and interns Julia Hopkin and Helen Filanowski, with the cannon from the 1619 shipwreck of the Warwick. It will undergo conservation at the Corange Conservation Lab at the Museum.
The National Museum of Bermuda now possesses a 3ft cannon that was brought up from the archaeological excavation of a centuries’ old shipwreck.This is the third and final season of excavation of the Warwick, an English merchant ship that sank in Castle Harbour in 1619 during a hurricane. The ship was unloading goods and passengers and taking on Bermuda tobacco during a scheduled stop on its way back to England.The cannon, discovered by James Davidson, will undergo conservation work at the museum’s Corange Conservation Lab.
