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Whydah Pirate Museum / February 3, 2021

Gold and Silver at the Sea Lab

Stop by the Whydah Museum and interact with conservators working on a concretion that so-far contains one or two small gold bars, silver coins and a pistol! The team believes that the items belonged to a pirate who kept his stash in a bag while onboard the Whydah. Underwater archaeologists recovered the concretion recently from the Whydah site.

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Friends of the Whydah site caught on camera. When Friends of the Whydah site caught on camera. When the Whydah was first discovered, great white sharks were not a concern for divers. Today our crew can’t enter the water without taking a long look upstream. Shark activity off Cape Cod has increased dramatically over the past 10 years.
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Beneath the seafloor not far from this shore, lay Beneath the seafloor not far from this shore, lay the remains of the Whydah Gally—the first discovered shipwreck from the “Golden Age of Piracy.”

The 300-ton, 100 ft. Whydah was built in London in 1715 as a slave vessel. She followed the “trade triangle,” sailing from England to western African. Along the Guinea coast, hundreds of captives were loaded aboard, then transported to Jamaica where they were sold as slave labor. Loaded with valuables, the Whydah began her return to London. 

She never reached her destination. In February of 1717, near the Bahama islands, the galley was captured by pirates under the command of Samuel Bellamy. His diverse crew of British, Irish, French, Dutch, Swedes, North American and Caribbean colonists, Native Americans, and Africans commandeered the Whydah and repurposed it as their flagship.

The Whydah pirates ventured north, capturing vessels along North America. On the night of April 26, 1717, however, they encountered a nor’easter off the coast of Cape Cod. Powerful winds drove the Whydah onto a sandbar, where she capsized and broke apart. Of the 146 men onboard, only two survived.
A diver swims through a pocket of mung weed during A diver swims through a pocket of mung weed during it’s seasonal algae bloom off Cape Cod. Mung as it known locally, can at times be so thick visibility can go from good to zero at the switch of the tide. 🏴‍☠️ photo credit: @brandncff 
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The dive crew is looking forward to spring and get The dive crew is looking forward to spring and getting back on the water. In this video @brandncff surveys the wreck site and finds a pewter spoon. Video: @mattp.aul
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Dive equipment on deck after a day on the Whydah s Dive equipment on deck after a day on the Whydah site.
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