Cool News (and video)! Nor’easter uncovers shipwreck off Maine coast

160 yr old shipwreck (credit: York, Maine Police Department)

On March 5, after a powerful Nor'easter ravaged the New England coast, it uncovered an historic shipwreck off Maine coast (for about the 4th time since 1958). The Portland Press Herald reported on it and published a short video from a drone. 
  The museum has left the wreckage there because it's too expensive to excavate and they would not learn much more about it, so it's better preserved in the sand.  

Here's the story:
YORK, Maine (Associated Press) — The nor’easter that battered the New England coast has once again revealed a shipwreck’s remains on Short Sands Beach in York, Maine.

The York Police Department posted photos Monday that show the skeleton of a ship that’s believed to be a sloop more than 160 years old. The Maine Historic Preservation Commission believes the 51-foot-long hull dates to the era between the Revolutionary War and Civil War.

Fully rigged colonial sloop. Cr: Howard's Encyclopedia of 1788/Maine Maritime Museum

The shipwreck is normally covered by sand, but became a curiosity when it was uncovered in 1958. Since then, it has been seen several other times, most recently five years ago. Before that, it was last seen after the Patriots Day nor’easter in 2007.

The remains have been mapped and identified by the Maine Historic Preservation Commission as an archaeological site.


VIDEO: https://youtu.be/axUSn0mf6rc
CAPTION: A shipwreck believed to be over 160 years old resurfaces on short sands beach after the recent powerful nor'easter storm at the weekend. The shipwreck was previously uncovered in 1958 and several times since including in 2007 and 2013. Credit: Portland Press Herald