The “Mardi Gras Shipwreck” sank some 200 years ago about 35 miles off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico in 1220 metres of water.
Mardi Gras Wreck Site Plan
The shipwreck, whose true identity remains a mystery, lay forgotten at the bottom of the sea until it was discovered in 2002 by an oilfield inspection crew working for the Okeanos Gas Gathering Company.
Left a weapon chest and in the right corner a stove, together bottles and ceramic tableware
Even though there is not much left of the ship, many of the artefacts have survived.
Which can give even more clues about the ship and its mission.
The Gun and the stove
Information suggests that the Mardi Gras shipwreck may date from between
1810 and 1820 and may be a British gunboat from the War of 1812 or a
British merchant ship.
Hourglasses and an inkwell
Part of an sextant and a telescope
A short from the Mystery Mardi Gras Shipwreck documentary:
