Event Details

Shipwreck Archaeology at the St. Augustine Lighthouse

Time: 6:30 pm til 8:30 pm

Location: Jacksonville Historical Society, Old St. Andrew's

Description: Chuck Meide, Director of the Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program (LAMP), offers updates o the search for the lost ships in Jean Ribault’s fleet. He’ll also focus on a major underwater wreck dating to Revolutionary War years that has yielded extraordinary finds — everything except the ships name! Near the end of the American Revolution, the ship out of Charleston was on its way to St. Augustine filled with fleeing loyalist escaping to British East Florida. Meide believes the ship stopped in route to St. Augustine at St. Johns Town, a town of British loyalist located at St. Johns Bluff about six miles from the St. Johns River mouth. Later, the ship sunk as it approached St. Augustine’s treacherous inlet.

This event is open to the public. A suggested donation for non-members is $5, unless a student with an I.D.

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