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Divers locate 1778 warship artifacts in Narragansett Bay
Oceanographers at the University of Rhode Island recovered artifacts from two sunken British frigates HMS Cerebus and HMS Lark in Narragansett Bay east passage. A $17,000 federal grant funded part of the project. $40,000 total is needed. Items include cannon balls, cannon, oven fragments and British broad arrow marks. Researchers seek more funds as they prepare to continue eight months of work. wrecks are on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Kingston, R.I
UPI
University of Rhode Island
Narragansett Bay
Foster Middleton
Lark
Middleton
John McAnuff
Rhode Island
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