"Valentine"  - First years work on the wreck of the British East Indiaman.
Publisher: Valentine Excavation Group
Published: 1976
Place of publication: Guernsey
Language: eng
Format: Spiral-bound
Number of pages: 19
First sentence: The Valentine was built by Perry on the River Thames and launched in 1767.
Description: A brief summary of the history of the British East Indiaman Valentine, her voyages and ultimate loss on rocks in Nov 1779 off the island of Sark in the Channel Islands. It goes on to describe the first years work of the Valentine Excavation Group (VEG) in surveying the wreck using approved nautical archaological techniques of the time, and the recovery of a small number of the ship's artifacts. Drawings of recovered pottery are included.
Notes: Older members of the Blue Dolphin SAC, Sea Curs SAC and St John Ambulance SAC Guernsey may have more information about this wreck.
Table of contents: pagenum: 1
title: History; pagenum: 19
title: Conclusion