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hull analysis of an eighteenth century merchant sloop excavated in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica
(4.34 meters). Shipwrights built the vessel predominantly
A&M University, the Jamaican National Heritage Trust and the
Archaeologists from the Nautical Archaeology Program at Texas
artifacts associated with the vessel- After exposing well-
bow to its eroded stem knee, and an intact 'mast step
colonies. The vessel was a derelict at the time of its
construction, mast step and framing pattern. Archaeologists
disassembled mast step prove to expose the sloop's bow
eighteenth century. Analysis of the Readers Point vessel and
eighteenth-century vessel to be excavated in the West Indies.
evidence for a sloop rig. Portions of the vessel were
excavated the remains of an eighteenth-century merchant sloop
found broken and discarded within the ballast pile or hull
identifying the sloop. Regardless, contemporary documents at
in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica in 1994. Excavators removed
inches (17.22 meters) and a maximum beam of 14 feet, 4 inches
its artifact assemblage suggests that the sloop traded among
Jamaican Archives in Spanish Town, Jamaica and the National
Library of Jamaica in Kingston failed to produce any records
Maritime History Program at East Carolina University
mast survives in the archaeological record. Numerous repairs
out of white oak (Quercus sp.), and the keel is maple (A cer
overburden and the ballast pile, recovering over 600
preserved hull remains, divers recorded the ship's structure.
sinking. Nearly all artifacts associated with the ship were
sp.), suggesting constriction in the northeastern American
structure. No evidence of the deck structure, bilge pumps or
study concentrates on the hull analysis of the first
suggest that the vessel saw long service as a merchant
the Caribbean islands and North American colonies. This
The hull remains are preserved to a length of 56 feet, 6
the use of sloops in maritime commerce during the later
The vessel is preserved from the base of the apron 'in the
then reburied the remains under sediment and ballast stone.
these locations provided relevant historic data relating to
trader. Exhaustive searches of historic documents at the
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