Caesar
Brigantine · England · Lost 1818 · Bermuda
An 1818 English brigantine bound for Baltimore that wrecked off Bermuda's west end carrying grindstones, bricks, and glassware, later salvaged by Teddy Tucker in 1957.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Caesar was an English brigantine built in 1814, lost on a reef off Bermuda's west end on 17 May 1818 while sailing from Shields, England to Baltimore under Captain James Richardson. Her cargo of grindstones, bricks, medicine vials, glassware, and lead pigments was heavily salvaged at the time. The wreck was rediscovered in a sand hole in 1957 by diver Teddy Tucker, who recovered further cargo; recovered bricks were later built into Bermuda's Café Cairo and grindstones distributed to local properties.
Vessel
- 1814
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- Durham, England
- Wood
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- Sail
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Loss
- May 17, 1818
- Grounding
- Reef off the west end of Bermuda
- Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda
- Shields, England → Baltimore, Maryland
- Grindstones, bricks, medicine vials, decorated flasks, clock parts, glassware, and lead oxide pigments
- 7
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- James Richardson
The Wreck Today
- 35 ft
- Heavily salvaged at time of loss; site now consists of scattered cargo remains in a sand hole.
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- 1957
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Position
- Not established
- Approximate position
- West end of Bermuda
Reported in a sand hole in 35 feet of water off Bermuda's west end; precise coordinates not published in sources reviewed.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (70/100)
Exact coordinates of the wreck site are not established in the sources reviewed.
Build date, loss date, cargo, captain, and salvage history.
