# Nor’easter uncovered a shipwreck believed to be the Warren Sawyer

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**Created:** [September 27, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://treasureterrain.com/t/nor-easter-uncovered-a-shipwreck-believed-to-be-the-warren-sawyer/228 "2026-09-27T21:03:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://treasureterrain.com/t/nor-easter-uncovered-a-shipwreck-believed-to-be-the-warren-sawyer/228/1 "2026-09-27T21:03:10Z")

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Today’s nor’easter uncovered a shipwreck believed to be the Warren Sawyer, a 19th century coastal schooner that wrecked off Nantucket’s south shore on December 22, 1884 ![🌊](https://treasureterrain.com/uploads/default/original/1X/8044dd7507e9580608a039be20a75b3422d49947.png) ![⛵️](https://treasureterrain.com/uploads/default/original/1X/976ed89c8cce20b80fbce4b501af3490594641e7.png) The ship was hauling 1,115 bales of cotton and 28 tons of scrap iron on a run from New Orleans to Boston when it got blown off course by gale force winds and went down near Miacomet Beach ![🌬️](https://treasureterrain.com/uploads/default/original/1X/5ee1d3f06698cbab3534743cdcf009e60fb0dfb7.png) ![🏖️](https://treasureterrain.com/uploads/default/original/1X/f6b064a711ad793d0527b3aecf35ce04b8915f2b.png) The whole crew was rescued that night using a hawser and breeches buoy rigged straight off the beach, and more than 140 years later pieces of the wreck keep washing up in the same spot ![🪵](https://treasureterrain.com/uploads/default/original/1X/c8f1c4cd1e015abb4bcd2b010491d722684b06b8.png) ![🐚](https://treasureterrain.com/uploads/default/original/1X/4c783cf4f3cfbc5f975fe4154dd1e63fab0e1b72.png) Photographer **[Hafsa Lewis](https://www.facebook.com/hafsalewis1? __cft__ %5B0%5D=AZjXVOVG7l37cgmd8H-n5MbaMTuytZgwmc-6ErU66yeIQ9E_QRLo191N1Bi2SNlQpbZNo2pvxsF8vuF1T1AEKqHMZlaEmqeFHuC9Z_k96LOCliEAcRqhHlNDgX-0MkUmoVL_tB4RK0QFpE183nD6Tr3epg6ws5Fxthtn663CaojN3ZBAY7yt6GFeAgaPy5NK& __tn__ =-%5DK-R)** got out to the site today and captured these shots before before the sand or surf claims it again

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 ![825340220_1735855177506022_177201763417603882_n.png](https://treasureterrain.com/uploads/default/original/1X/e209644356e76fd4c343d5e81b9e492f1d116d57.jpeg)