Only he, as well as a few others, were able to escape the sinking vessel after it ran aground.Ībout 200 are thought to have perished. Trusting his experience in the navy, the duke delayed and argued with the crew until it was too late. Unfortunately, the sandy waters near Yarmouth were difficult to navigate. The duke and his noble entourage, as well as many crew, boarded the ship and set sail north in 1682. Bringing his pregnant wife to birth in England offered a conciliatory path forwards as the health of his older brother King Charles I was in decline. The duke was a Catholic heir to a protestant throne only recently rescued from the jaws of republicanism. A 50-gun warship, it was later commissioned to carry James Stuart, the Duke of York-the heir to the throne-to Scotland to fetch his wife and daughter back to England. The HMS Gloucester was built in 1654 for the English navy. Among the artifacts discovered in the “time capsule” are unopened bottles of wine, purchased for a prince and his crew 340 years ago. Off the coast of England, the discovery and excavation of the famous HMS Gloucester offers an exciting new window into royal and maritime life in the 17th century. For historians, however, finding a piece of history frozen in place is the true treasure. For treasure hunters, discovering sunken jewels or relics is a thrilling holy grail. Shipwrecks have long inspired storytellers and historians. The other two exceptionally well-preserved shipwrecks which have been designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 are the 16th century Shingles Bank Wreck NW96 and 17th century Shingles Bank Wreck NW68. Both were discovered off the Isle of Wight by divers Martin Pritchard and Dave Fox. The ship was carrying two gothic gravestones carved of Purbeck marble, a limestone quarried locally in Dorset. Other finds include a large cauldron for cooking soup, a smaller cauldron, which would have once had a long handle for heating water, and mugs covered in concretion, the hard solid mass that forms over underwater objects over time. A combination of low-oxygenated water, sand and stones has helped preserve one side of the ship and the hull is clearly visible,” said Tom Cousins, Maritime Archaeologist at Bournemouth University. “Very few 750-year-old ships remain for us to be able to see today and so we are extremely lucky to have discovered an example as rare as this and in such good condition. The survival of 13th-century vessels is extremely rare, and prior to the discovery, there were no known wrecks of seagoing ships from the 11th to the 14th century in English waters. The remains of the medieval ship were discovered by diver Trevor Small, who has operated diving charters for the past 30 years. Tree ring dating of the wreck indicates that the timbers used to construct the hull are from Irish oak trees felled between 1242-1265, during the reign of King Henry III. The Mortar Wreck, which was discovered in Poole Bay in Dorset in 2020, is among three shipwrecks that have been given government protection status by the Secretary of State for Culture based on the advice of Historic England. The submersible is capable of using sonar to locate objects as small as a grain of rice and can cover an area of around 100 square kilometers a day.Ī 13th century medieval shipwreck has been granted the highest level of government protection in the UK in hopes of protecting a national historic treasure. Unmanned deep submersible technology was a significant advancement introduced to assist in the latest underwater investigation. There are really not that many countries in the world that can carry out such deep sea archaeology,' Cui Yong, head of the team that excavated the famous Song Dynasty (960-1279) Nanhai No.1 shipwreck in the South China Sea, told media. 'This puts us on the same level as other countries that are advanced in the field of underwater archaeology. This depth marks a new deep sea milestone for China's underwater archaeology as the previous record for an underwater excavation by Chinese archeologists was 1,000 meters below the surface. The treasures were found on the seabed among three shipwrecks located 2,000 to 3,000 meters below the surface. The newly discovered relics include porcelain fragments, redware pottery and bronze coins. Chinese research vessels Explore 1 and Explore 2 have discovered 66 ancient relics among the wreckage of three ships in the north area of the South China Sea, the Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences recently revealed.

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