A British warship that sank in 1682 while carrying a future king has been located off eastern England, in a find described as the 'most significant historic maritime discovery since the raising of the Mary Rose in 1982'.
, one of Henry VIII's warships which sank in 1545, was salvaged in 1982 in a feat of maritime archaeology that provided a wealth of detail about life in Tudor times.
Following years of painstaking work, it was finally raised 40 years ago in a spectacular operation watched live by millions on television. Around a third of the wooden warship, which was almost completely buried under the sea bed, had survived, the exposed parts having eroded away.Wooden gun carriages, cooking pots, scalpels, leather book covers, syringes, fiddles, whistles, weapons, navigation devices, and furniture were all among the items retrieved from theGloucester
represents an important 'almost' moment in British political history: a royal shipwreck causing the very near-death of the Catholic heir to the Protestant throne at a time of great political and religious tension," the universityAn exhibition is planned for 2023 at Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery which will feature objects found in the wreck, including the bell that helped identify the ship.
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