Strawberry Ferry Revolutionary War Wreck Site
SCIAA - Site 1
Remote Sensing Image of the
Strawberry Wreck
(Wreck to left, trees to right)
During an expedition to chase the British out of Moncks Corner during the summer of 1781, Colonel Wade Hampton and his men, arrived at Strawberry Ferry on their way upriver. They found four vessels loaded with military supplies for the British and promptly burnt them. The Strawberry shipwreck displays evidence of burning on the timbers, and artifacts of British military origin are said to have been recovered by sport divers in the 1970s. Small flat-headed copper sheathing tacks are embedded in outer hull planking in the starboard stern area and the stempost at the bow. Although the sheathing is missing, divers who visited the site in previous years report the presence of lead sheathing displaying the broad arrow, indicating that it once belonged to British Admirality. In addition, the vessel also had copper plates under the lead sheathing.
StrawberryWreck Sheathing on the
Stern Section
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