Copper Alloy
- Period
- Colonial
- Date
- 2025-10-17
- Materials
- copper alloy
- Dimensions
- L-50cm, W-9.2cm, H-17cm
- Site
- Avondstar shipwreck
- Inventory
- 2002/GHL/30
Full Description
After a long time at sea the hull of the ship was covered with barnacles and seaweed, which grew on the hull, reduced the speed and damaged the wood specially the wood eating shipworm, treed naval is in particular did enormous damage. According to the location of finds these came from the underwater or from the gallery. The copper sheaths have many nail oles, but they were found without iron nails.
