HMS Invincible 1744

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HMS Invincible 1744

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H.M.S. INVINCIBLE

'Revolutionary' 18th Century naval ship revealed
Artefacts from one of Britain's most revolutionary warships, the HMS Invincible, have been unveiled.
The ship, which was captured from the French in 1747, changed the way the Royal Navy designed ships.
HMS Invincible sank in the Solent in 1758 and was rediscovered by a fisherman in 1979.
A salvage operation began three years ago, and more than 2,000 artefacts have been recovered, including sections of the hull, tobacco pipes and ceramic hair curlers used by officers to curl their wigs.
See video at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_au ... y-in-poole
See - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Invincible_(1747)
And - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-h ... e-44357695
Also - http://www.thisismast.org/projects/hms-invincible.html
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Re: HMS Invincible 1744

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Ah the shifting sands of time eh David , curious how she remained at her site for so long given her heritage , and the French must have been very unhappy with only three years service as a return on the cost to them for a 74 gun ship of the period

Very interesting post thank you .
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