French ship Chameau

In 1965, Alex Storm and his associates located the wreckage near Chameau Rock, and recovered a treasure of gold and silver pieces.

Chameau was built in Rochefort, France, in 1717, the brainchild of young naval architect Blaise Ollivier.

[1][3] After visiting English and Dutch shipyards, he envisioned a fast, yet well-armed naval transport called a flute.

[5] Chameau set out from La Rochelle on her final voyage in July 1725, under the command of Jean de Saint James.

[9] In September 1965, Alex Storm, Dave MacEachern, and Harvey Macleod found the missing hull from the wreck of Chameau.

[11] On April 7, 1966, an action was commenced in the Nova Scotia Supreme Court for an accounting among partners who had executed a partnership agreement with Alex Storm in 1961 for the expressed purpose of recovering the treasure.

[13] An exhibit about Chameau is featured in the "Shipwreck Treasures of Nova Scotia" gallery at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, which includes coins, navigational instruments, foodware and a rare bronze swivel cannon from the wreck.