Above: The lower bow section of the large wreck in White House Bay. This wreck is believed to be an English Troopship. The current hypothesis is that the ship was, carrying 700 English Troops under the Command of General Prescott. The troops landed on the South Western peninsular of St Kitts and marched to Basseterre to meet 5,000 French Troops. We believe the ship was sunk as a result of the Battle of Frigate Bay Left: School children visit the site

On the next news page, you will see how the children of the Montessori Academy at Wades Gardens, ranging from 5 to 12 years of age, undertook a clean up of the site on Friday 7^th March. This enabled the ADMAT team to erect the base camp for the project on a clean environment. 

We wanted to invite the children back, not only to say thank you, but to let them know what we were doing. So a number of children and teachers arrived for a morning with us, where we explained what the project was about.  It was delightful to see how excited they were by the project. We took them through the whole archaeological process, explaining the site and showing them the artefacts found so far. Simon then showed them the video link to the divers on site and told them the history behind the Battle of Frigate Bay. 

Above: Simon welcomes them to the Project Below: Explaining the artefacts.	Above: Site safety briefing. Below: The tent was too small, standing room only.

Above & Below: Examining the French Bar Shot.	Above: The Bar Shot Below: The children waiting for the next artefact.

Above, Right & Below: Show and tell session on the artefacts.	Below: Site tour.

Above: Site tour, dive boat on site in the distance Below: The Aquascan underwater video system.	Below: The children watching the divers on site, via the Aquascan Video link.
Above: Simon explaining what the divers are doing.  Below: The children discussing what they have learnt.	Above: Christine Nielsen, the Ast. Excavation Director, working with the dredge. Below: Simon explaining the Battle of Frigate Bay and how it affected the British and the French position on the island.

Above Amyas Godfrey recovering an iron pin.  Below: Simon explains what the divers are doing.	Above: Amyas with a musket ball. Below: Diver Louis returns from a successful dive.

Above: Diver Mike chats to the children. Below: Hands up who enjoyed the morning?	Above: Mike obviously enjoyed the occasion. Below: After a successful morning Simon goes back to work.

See the previous press release about the children's clean up and other interesting articles by clicking on the red button below.

ADMAT's St Kitts Maritime Archaeological Project 2003-2008