Wreck Of Captain Morgan's Pirate Ship Found

[Shadow]

The lost wreckage of a ship belonging to 17th century pirate Captain Henry Morgan has been discovered in Panama, said a team of U.S. archaeologists -- and the maker of Captain Morgan rum.
Near the Lajas Reef, where Morgan lost five ships in 1671 including his flagship "Satisfaction," the team uncovered a portion of the starboard side of a wooden ship's hull and a series of unopened cargo boxes and chests encrusted in coral.

The cargo has yet to be opened, but Captain Morgan USA -- which sells the spiced rum named for the eponymous pirate -- is clearly hoping there's liquor in there.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...#ixzz1UCnio300

[chloe]

The lost wreckage of a ship belonging to 17th century pirate Captain Henry Morgan has been discovered in Panama, said a team of U.S. archaeologists -- and the maker of Captain Morgan rum.
Near the Lajas Reef, where Morgan lost five ships in 1671 including his flagship "Satisfaction," the team uncovered a portion of the starboard side of a wooden ship's hull and a series of unopened cargo boxes and chests encrusted in coral.

The cargo has yet to be opened, but Captain Morgan USA -- which sells the spiced rum named for the eponymous pirate -- is clearly hoping there's liquor in there.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...#ixzz1UCnio300

You find such interesting news, thanks for sharing.

[Shadow]

That's just because I read a lot of news articles (and magazines etc). Not all of it is interesting sometimes I'm sure,but it's usually something that caught my attention for some reason or another.


I love stories about dives like this that find ship wrecks and even have footage or pictures to look at etc...very cool to me.

[Love Monkey]

OK. Did they find Captain Morgan yet?

[fj1200]

Hey LM, anything ever useful coming from you?

[Shadow]

OK. Did they find Captain Morgan yet?

Don't know...but I do know that they think they are very close to finding and filming Octopus Giantus soon. Saw that on an episode of Monster Quest this morning.