Photo & Video Log
This page contains photos and videos taken during the Search for Trouvadore 2008 expedition from July 4 – 25, 2008. Click on any image to view a larger version and for additional information. If a movie camera icon is present, a QuickTime video can be viewed by clicking on the image. Other video formats are available on the linked pages. If a Podcast icon is present, a video or audio file is available for download or you can subscribe to the RSS Podcast Feed.
If a slideshow icon is present, a visual log of exploration images can be viewed. You can scroll through them one by one, or select the play button for an automatic slideshow.
(HR) = "High Resolution" images available.
Video & Slideshows
Mission Photo Slideshow
View a slideshow of The Search for the Slave Ship Trouvadore 2008 and the US Navy Ships Chippewa and Onkahye.
Chippewa
It’s an area exposed to the open Atlantic with waves rolling across the reef causing water to surge back and forth.
Chippewa
Archaeologists also found a mast ring embedded in the reef. This artifact is from one of the wooden masts cut away shortly after the Brig grounded on the reef.
Trouvadore
The Trouvadore site is located near a natural feature called the Black Rock just off East Caicos Island. Until identified the shipwreck was named after the rock.
Trouvadore
A close-up underwater video tour shows the portion of the wreck depicted in the site photo mosaic.
Trouvadore
Archaeologists made detailed drawings of the site underwater as they measured each timber used to build the ship and artifacts found on board.
Visual Survey Techniques/Drum Point
Visual survey, or just looking around, is one of the best methods to find shipwrecks and artifacts in shallow clear water.
Visual Survey Techniques/Drum Point
Teams of two people operated together using the battery-powered scooters.
Visual Survey Techniques/Drum Point
Archaeologists follow a set pattern while surveying in order to systematically and completely cover the search area.
Images
Mission Plan
The shallow reefs off Providenciales' Northwest Point are the focus of the 2008 search for the U.S. brig Chippewa, and the U.S. schooner Onkahye. (HR)
Mission Plan
Testing in 2006 near the ballast mound revealed the ship’s frames, copper sheathing, and a longitudinal stringer. (HR)
Mission Plan
This type of cannon, invented at the Carron Foundry in Scotland in 1779, was very popular at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century. (HR)
U.S. Brig Chippewa
This heavily concreted carronade is one of 10 located during the 2008 expedition. (HR)
U.S. Brig Chippewa
“ . . . the Brig, being the Act of turning over on her Starbd. Bilge, I was under the necessity of cutting away the Masts . . .” (HR)
U.S. Brig Chippewa
Chippewa was one of only three fast, well-armed clipper brigs specially designed and built to break the British blockade of American ports during the War of 1812. (HR)
Anti-Piracy Patrol
The two long hooked reefs off Northwest Point caught both the U.S. brig Chippewa (1816) and the U.S. schooner Onkahye (1848). (HR)
Anti-Piracy Patrol
The U.S. Congress adopted An Act to Protect the Commerce of the United States and Punish the Crime of Piracy, in May 1820. (HR)
Mission Summary
A large wooden-stock 19th-century anchor, salvaged from the Northwest Reef area in the early 1970s. (HR)
Mission Summary
A photomosaic of the Black Rock Wreck’s hull components exposed in the transverse trench excavated across the site. (HR)
Mission Summary
Robert Krieble uses a diver propulsion vehicle (DPV) to explore the Drum Point Wreck. (HR)
Mission Summary
Small iron cannon in shallow, protected water near Jacksonville Cut during the East Caicos survey. (HR)