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34702
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During prohibition in the 1920s, the American schooner VINCENT ran aground on Cape Lookout. Residents from Cape Lookout caught sight of the vessel and went out to see the wreck firsthand. They discovered vinegar bottles filled with scotch whiskey on shore and began collecting the cargo. The fisherman proceeded to recover and sell the whiskey casks.
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On November 23, 1877, the USS HURON sailed through North Carolina waters on its way to the West Indies. The ship was caught in a terrible storm and ran ashore in the middle of the night. Of the 132 crew members, only thirty-four survived. Wreckage of the HURON can still be seen on the Outer Banks near Nag's Head.\r\n
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34791
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In April 1921, the schooner JAMES E. NEWSOM struck Bluefish Lump Shoal and grounded near Cape Lookout, North Carolina. The sailing master and crew abandoned the vessel and began rowing towards the Cape Lookout Lighthouse. Meanwhile, several of the Coast Guardsmen noticed the vessel aground and went out to investigate. Finding NEWSOM empty, they returned to the station where they met the crew. The following day, the station lookout sighted a sail on the horizon. As the vessel grew nearer, the Guardsman recognized the NEWSOM which had gracefully ungrounded and drifted into shore. The crew soon boarded and found NEWSOM in good working condition.
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34689
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A hurricane struck the North Carolina coast in 1750, wreaking havoc on various vessels and coastal communities. During the storm, five Spanish vessels including the Nuestra Senora de Solidad were wrecked near Currituck Inlet, Drum Inlet, and Topsail Inlet. Other vessels were reported sunk at Cape Hatteras, and Ocracoke. In many instances, the cargoes were brought to shore and the crews sought aid from colonists in Norfolk, Virginia.
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On December 21, 1884, lookouts at Outer Banks life-saving stations spotted the barkentine EPHRAIM WILLIAMS in distress. Duffus describes the daring rescue of the ship's crew, carried out by Outer Banks lifesavers in huge rolling waves, frigid water, and fierce winds.
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In February of 1750, a fleet of five Spanish ships heavily loaded with silver and spices sailed from Veracruz, the collection point of the Spanish Empire in the New World, to Havana. From there, the ships were to sail for Europe, but were instead wrecked by gale force winds along the coast of North Carolina. The EL SALVADOR, the NEUSTRA SIGNORA DE SOLEDAD, and three unnamed vessels were lost at various points on the Carolina coast, ranging from Topsail Island, to Ocracoke, Hatteras, and New Currituck Inlet.
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37679
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Newspaper articles on shipwrecks in 1831, 1833, 1869, 1878.
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25086
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Conservation of Blackbeard’s Ship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, is a process that takes years. New projects are being done to conserve the artifacts both on land and on the sea floor.
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Last September's hurricanes uncovered the remains of several vessels that had been buried in the and for many years on the state's Outer banks. The wrecks stretch from Hatteras Island down to Ocracoke. As usual it is a fleeting exposure as winds and sand again begin to cover the wrecks. Among the most interest are the ghost ship, the Carroll A. Deering; the Aristo, a British tramp steamer sunk in 1899; and the George W. Wells, the first six-masted schooner ever built, and at that time the largest wooden vessel afloat. She went down in 1913, and her remains had been buried on Ocracoke for a long time.
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36090
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If silver coins were true in weight and value, could be determined by the reale. This scale- like instrument was recovered in the fall of 2011 from an Outer Banks wreck believed to be Blackbeard’s flagship. This artifact, among the 211 recovered, was perhaps beyond measure in other ways. Other items perhaps beyond price included glass panes from the captain’s cabin.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 9 Issue 3, Spring 2011,
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11.Shipwreck Stories by Roberts, Bruce; Roberts, Norma Elizabeth Our State Vol. 68 Issue 5, Oct 2000
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4772
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Thousands of ships have met disaster off North Carolina's Outer Banks. The authors describe the fate of three lost in the 19th-century: the HURON, METROPOLIS, and the CRISSIE WRIGHT.
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3665
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The perilous Atlantic waters have claimed many ships and lives off the Outer Banks from the 1500s onward. Beginning in 1870, the U.S. Life- Saving Service fought the oceans to rescue mariners. In the next thirty years, Outer Bankers earned 56 medals for bravery.
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38907
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The author gives a detailed account of the many shipwrecks along the North Carolina coast, from the 1600’s, through the Civil War to the era of German Submarines.
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Carolina Trees & Branches
(NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 24 Issue No. 4, October 2015,
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34699
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Beaufort, North Carolina, was hit by a hurricane in September 1903. The fishing steamer BEATRICE was seining for menhaden offshore when the storm struck. Several other vessels which survived the gale began patrolling the seas looking for survivors and BEATRICE, but they had no luck. Ten days after the storm, the bow of BEATRICE washed ashore at Caffey’s Inlet, approximately 100 miles from the vessel’s last known location. The crew was never found.
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36014
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Of personal interest to the author were also items of historical interest. Up close and personal was the view that he offered of sunken ships, as well as the marine life that lived around them. As visual illustration was a map locating the wrecked watercrafts, which included a German submarine. Accompanying the map was a brief description of each: an old boiler, LST#741, Richmond, Kyzickes, Zane Gray, U-85, and York.
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Shipwrecks--Outer Banks; Submarines (Ships); Oregon Inlet--History; Marine fauna; Marine science; Liberty ships; Corolla; Duck (N.C.); Kitty Hawk; Kill Devil Hills--Description and travel; Hatteras Inlet--History; Nags Head--History; Manteo; Wanchese; Rodanthe--Social life and customs; Hatteras Island--History; Ocracoke Island--Description and travel; Ocracoke--History; Portsmouth Island--History; Ocracoke Inlet--History