The endless search for the HMS Hussar
Subtitle: New York's legendary treasure shipwreck
By: by Robert Apuzzo ; introduction by Michael Cohn.
Contributors: Cohn, Michael.
Publisher: R & L Publishing; R & L Pub
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9780962991325
Subjects: Hussar (Frigate : 1763-1780); Shipwrecks -- New York (State) -- New York; Excavations (Archaeology) -- New York (State) -- New York; Hell Gate (New York, N.Y.); New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Description: In 1780 the British frigate H.M.S. Hussar, reputed to be carrying the British Army's payroll, hit Pot Rock while attempting to sail through Hell Gate to a new anchorage at Gardiners Bay on eastern Long Island. Robert Apuzzo has gathered accounts and documents relating to the many unsuccessful attempts to find and salvage the wreck.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 151).