Folks:

In late 1781, in a naval battle between 74 French and 22 British vessels
off Nevis, HMS Solebay ran aground. French vessels quickly seized the
opportunity to fire upon the stranded vessel. Captain Charles Holmes
Everett set fire to her and with 160 barrels of gunpowder on board,
Solebay blew up. Today, the remains of this conflict rest on the seafloor
awaiting investigation by Texas A & M PhD student Chris Cartellone, but
first...

Chris and his crew need to go grocery shopping and do a hundred other
tasks that make projects like this possible.

To read more on Solebay’s history and the latest up date on the team in
Nevis and click the link on the MUA home page here:

http://www.themua.org

Enjoy,

T. Kurt Knoerl
Director
The MUA
http://www.themua.org