The shipwreck is named after James Malcolm who discovered and reported it to SCIAA in 1985. The remains of the small historic sailing vessel eroding out of the banks of the Ashley River prompted the MRD to launch an investigation and partial excavation of the shipwreck. Funded by an Historic Preservation and Survey Grant administered by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History in 1992, the archaeological investigations revealed that the vessel was a small ocean-going vessel dating from the last quarter of the 18th century into the first quarter of the 19th century.

Related Information

1995. Amer, Christopher F., Hocker, Frederick M. "A Comparative Analysis of Three Sailing Merchant Vessels from the Carolina Coast." Tidecraft: The Boats of South Carolina, Georgia, and Northern Florida, 1550-1950. William C. Fleetwood WBG Marine Press. Georgia. pp. 295-303.

1993. Amer, Christopher F. "The Malcolm Boat: A Preliminary Report." Underwater Archaeology Proceedings. Society of Historical Archaeology Conference. Smith, Shelli O. (ed). Society of Historical Archaeology. pp. 76-82.

1993. Amer, Christopher F., Barr, William B., Beard, David V., Collins, Elizabeth L., Harris, Lynn B., Judd, William R., Naylor, Carl A., Newell, Mark M. "The Malcolm Boat (38CH803): Discovery, Stabilization, Excavation, and Preservation of an Historic Sea Going Small Craft in the Ashley River, Charleston County, South Carolina." Research Manuscript Series No. 217. South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology. University of South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina.