HMS Gloucester 1667

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HMS Gloucester 1667

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HMS GLOUCESTER 1667

Greatest shipwreck since Mary Rose discovered off coast of Norfolk

Discovery made by amateur divers who found HMS Gloucester finally revealed after being kept secret for 10 years
See the following:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/0 ... t-norfolk/

https://www.theguardian.com/science/202 ... folk-coast

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Gloucester_(1654)

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2022-06 ... uture-king - Video.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech ... -sank.html - Scroll down for photos.
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Wreck of HMS Gloucester, Lost in 1682, Identified Off Norfolk, UK Coast


The wreck of HMS Gloucester, a 50-gun, third-rate, Royal Navy warship, which sank in 1682 while carrying the future king James Stuart, has been identified off the coast of Norfolk. According to Prof Claire Jowitt, a specialist in maritime history at the University of East Anglia, the discovery of the wreckage could be the “single most significant historic maritime discovery since the raising of the Mary Rose in 1982”.

The Gloucester‘s whereabouts remained a mystery until it was discovered 15 years ago half-buried in the seabed 28 miles (45km) out to sea, having sunk while navigating treacherous sandbanks.

The wreck was discovered in 1997 by two brothers, Julian and Lincoln Barnwell, with their late father and two friends, following a four-year search that covered an area of more than 5,000 nautical miles.

The wreckage was definitively identified as the Gloucester by the Receiver of Wreck and Ministry of Defence following the recovery of the ship’s bell in 2012. Since then the “at-risk” site – in international waters – has had to be protected, which is why the discovery is only now being made public and its exact location remains undisclosed.

See - http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2022/06/wrec ... more-59310
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