Mystery Shipwreck Dates to Before Revolutionary War, Researcher Says (Published 2020)
The hull of a ship that surfaces every few years on a Maine beach may have been the Defiance, a sloop built in 1754. In 1769, a cargo ship laden with flour, pork and English goods set sail from Salem, Mass., headed to Portland, Maine. The ship encountered a fierce storm and never made it to its …
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