EXTRAORDINARY:1770’s REV WAR DIVER-RECOVERED BRITISH-MARKED SHIP’S CAULKING TOOL For Sale

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EXTRAORDINARY:1770’s REV WAR DIVER-RECOVERED BRITISH-MARKED SHIP’S CAULKING TOOL:
$375.00

EXTRAORDINARY:1770’s REV WAR BRITISH-MARKED SHIP’S OFF CARLETON Despite well over two centuries under

the waters of the ST. Lawrence River, this massive

iron ship’s caulking/scraping tool has survived in amazing condition.

The incised British military Broad Arrow on both sides,

clearly identifying the chisel as property of the Royal Navy,

as well as the “HM” a maker\'s mark or possibly standing for belonging to “His Majesty”

(George III) are sharp--as is the number “3,” likely connoting the size.

(NOTE: USUALLY A ROYAL STAMP WOULD HAVE BEEN \"GR\" --George Rex--LEAVING THE \"HM\" SOMEWHAT 8 1/2 by 3 1/4 inches.

Weight: 3.5 pounds.

The splitting of the knobbed poll is surely the result of hard

hammering which reflects actual use (perhaps removing

barnacles, or making Island is located in Jefferson County,

New York, where the St. Lawrence River meets Lake Ontario.

It provided a point where maritime travel between these

two bodies of water can be easily monitored and controlled

during times of war. This strategically useful location led to

the establishment of a British military installment there known as Fort Haldimand.

The declaration of American independence soon after the

outbreak of rebellion made this island immediately much more

important for Britain, with British and Mohawk forces using

it as a base from which they could attack nearby American

outposts. Loyalist leader John Johnson used this island

(then sometimes known as Buck Island) as a rest stop for his

troops during the Saratoga Campaign of the Revolutionary War.

The potential strategic value was not lost on the governor

of Quebec, Frederick Haldimand. In 1778, he ordered the

construction of a fort on the island in order to ensure British

dominance of the area.

After the American Revolution, Fort Haldimand,

uncontested, remained in nominal British control,

with almost no military presence, and that ended altogether

EXTRAORDINARY:1770’s REV WAR DIVER-RECOVERED BRITISH-MARKED SHIP’S CAULKING TOOL

$375.00