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The wreck of the HINDUSTAN,on Wedge
Sands, off Margate,January 11th, showing Margate Boat
saving part of the crew
East Indian Company
Ships
Salvaged
artifacts Leather shoes etc(part of the cargo)
More leather
shoes etc
More
copper coins.
The crew were taking them ashore and
buying pints of beer with them
Copper ingots
used for trading
Crude with coins
embedded in
The keel from the
"HINDUSTAN"
A
big canon ball
Trying
to pick up one of the many canon balls
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The "HINDUSTAN WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE
THIS.
1795-1803 East Indiaman
160 ft Length.
1249 Tons.
Men-324
Guns on Gun deck-28
Guns
on under deck-26
Bow chasers-2
She was the
biggest East Indiaman ship of her day.
The
"HINDOSTAN" was sunk in a storm in 1803 off the Wedge
Sands, Margate. She was carrying cargo from India which
included 50 ton of tin, 20 tons of East india Co copper
Coins, silver coins, silver bars, etc
Plan of "HINDOSTAN"
Eddie on dock
side in Ramsgate checking out the salvaged artifacts
Piles of
copper coins dated 1883, the coins were in mint
condition.
Rope
block
Lead
Weights
Hundreds of different
artifacts
.
The crew
searching for artifacts after the grab as tipped the
salvage
Another
view of the main keel
Lifting
part of the keel of the "HINDOSTAN"
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