1754 HMS Tilbury 4 kilo Canon Ball Treasure Shipwreck Superb Patina COA

Description

HMS Tilbury Shipwreck
4 kilo / 3994 grams canon ball. About - 10 cm in diameter
.
W
ith great patina.
Certificate of Authenticity #011
Nova Scotia (Seven Year War Artifact).
Hard to get item.
Makes the previously
salvaged coins highly desirable
.
HMS Tilbury was a 58-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, ordered from Portsmouth Dockyard on 17 December 1742 to be built to the dimensions laid down in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment. She was launched on 20 July 1745.
In 1757 Tilbury was under the command of Captain Henry Barnsley, and formed part of Vice Admiral Francis Holburne's expedition to capture Louisbourg. The squadron was dispersed by a storm on 24 September,] and Tilbury was driven onto the rocks. Captain Barnsley and 120 of his crew were drowned, and the survivors became French prisoners.
The expedition against Louisbourg was conducted by both land and sea. Lord Loudon had the command of the land force amounting to 12000 men, and Admiral Holburne that of the fleet. Loudon had brought the troops from New York, and they assembled at Halifax to meet the fleet. On the 9th of September 1757 the fleet anchored at Chebucto Head, and consisted of the Newark, Orford, Northumberland, Terrible, Nassau, Somerset, Bedford, Windsor, Nottingham, Defiance, Kingston, Eagle, Centurion, Sunderland, Tilbury, Nightingale, Hunter, Ferret, Lighting and Gibraltar. On the 24 of September they anchored at night between St Esprit and Fourchu. Early the next day the winds picked up and became a violent gale. Many of the ships lightened their load by throwing cannons overboard, and several ships had broken masts. The Tilbury struck submerged rocks and sunk three quarters of a mile from shore. In July 1986, Pierre Leclerc and Gilles Brisebois made their discovery of 44 cannons, musket balls, some smaller artifacts as well as 16 gold coins and 430 silver coins. The cannons were left behind, as attempted salvage with a small boat would have been dangerous. When compared to the other 18th century salvaged wrecks, Le Chameau, Auguste, and the HMS Feversham the yield was small making anything from the HMS Tilbury highly desirable.
The Nova Scotia government announced the repeal to the Treasure Trove Act in  November  2010, preventing any further salvage of the thousands of ships  that sank  in its waters. The announcement is  follows
Ownership of Nova Scotia's underwater cultural and heritage resources will be more secure as government introduces legislation today, Nov. 2, to repeal the Treasure Trove Act, amend the Special Places Protection Act and create the Oak Island Treasure Act.
The repeal of the Treasure Trove Act will bring the province in line with other Canadian provinces and the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. The Special Places Protection Act will be amended to remove references to treasure. The Oak Island Treasure Act will be created to allow for regulated treasure hunting on the island.
"People are concerned that our artifacts and cultural heritage are being exploited for commercial gain," said John MacDonell, Minister of Natural Resources. "These legislative changes will help keep material from future excavations in Nova Scotia."
The Treasure Trove Act was created in 1954 to govern treasure hunting activities on Oak Island but eventually expanded to cover licensing of treasure hunting involving shipwrecks off Nova Scotia's coast.
"Artifacts in shipwrecks along our coast belong to Nova Scotia," said Percy Paris, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Heritage. "We've reviewed research and best practices and will act to protect that history for the benefit of Nova Scotians."
The repeal of the Treasure Trove Act was recommended by the 2006 Voluntary Planning heritage strategy task force.
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