Abstract
The blockade-runner Denbigh, one of the most successful and famous of the American Civil War, was located and recorded near Galveston in December, 1997. The site, 41GV143, was identified during a reconnaissance by the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, Texas A&M University. The 182-ft (55.5 m)-long, iron hulled, 258-ton displacement side-wheeler was built in 1860 by Laird, Sons & Co. of Birkenhead as a coastal paddle steamer and, when new, was considered a crack ship with all the latest features of design and technology. This paper covers the 2000 excavation phase of an underwater archaeology project to investigate the Denbigh. It is the third in a series of preliminary progress reports. The report also provides updated findings on the ship's history.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 231-249 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 2001 |
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Keywords
- Blockade runner
- Civil war
- Denbigh
- Galveston
- Paddle steamer
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- History
- Oceanography
- Palaeontology
- Archaeology
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The Denbigh Project : Excavation of a Civil War blockade-runner. / Arnold, J. Barto; Oertling, Thomas J.; Hall, Andrew W.
In: International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, Vol. 30, No. 2, 12.2001, p. 231-249.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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