In August of 1993 a Foundation team of Scuba divers located the remains of a shipwreck about 100 meters (300 ft) south of the red buoy at the entrance to St. George's Harbour.

The ship itself is gone leaving only artifacts, in that it was probably a wooden ship since rotted away.

The artifacts located to date are 1 cannon, pieces of anchor chain, pieces of lead, glass bottles, uniden­tified brass artifacts, ballast stones, and 19 rifles. Five of the heavily coral encrusted rifles were brought up to the surface and x-rayed at the local hospital. The x-rays were sent to the Tower of London Museum in England, where they were identified as Henry-Martini MK II rifles accepted by the British military for use in 1877. This style of rifle was used by the British military until 1895 when it was replaced by the Enfield. The Henry-Martini was still in use in the colonies after 1895 for a few years. The rifles were a single shot, lever action, 45 caliber. The British military then sold off the guns to private individuals after the Enfield was introduced.

If the ship was a British military vessel then it might date from 1877-1895 or later depending upon when the Enfield was supplied to the ship. However if the ship was not military the dating of the ship becomes more difficult. A search in the archives in England is now taking place by a volunteer of the Foundation.

The five rifles are at this time in a vat of fresh water where the salts in the metal are being driven out to prevent further destruction of the guns.The wreck is in 25 feet of water which brings up questions as to why were the cannon and rifles not retrieved when the ship sank? Suggestions might be - 1) the ship settled in such a manner that certain areas were not accessible to salvage free divers, or- 2) it was a plague (cholera, small pox, etc.) ship sunk on purpose and no one wished to visit it.

Presently the Foundation is mapping the surface of the sea floor and all artifacts. When more con­tainers are obtained, to hold the artifacts in fresh water, the artifacts will be brought to the surface.

The next step will be to excavate below the sea floor, where it is assumed more artifacts and the ship's keel might be found.

In 1993 Thirty-two (32) dives were made on the wreck. On each dive between 7 to 2 divers were present. Each dive lasted on the average of 1 hour due to the shallow depth. Counting all divers on the 32 dives a total of 111 hours of time has been spent on the wreck in 1993.

The wreck was reported to both the Ministry of Tourism and to the Comptroller of Customs in com­pliance with the Shipwreck Act.