🎧 Discovered! A Royal Navy Shipwreck
Archive of Dan Snow's History Hit 🎧 • 21m
The wreck of one of the most famous ships of the 17th century - which sank 340 years ago while carrying the future King of England James Stuart - has been discovered off the coast of Norfolk in the UK, it can be revealed today.
Since running aground on a sandbank on May 6, 1682, the wreck of the warship The Gloucester has lain half-buried on the seabed, its exact whereabouts unknown until brothers Julian and Lincoln Barnwell, with their friend James Little, found it after a four-year search. They join Dan on today's podcast along with maritime historian Professor Claire Jowitt to share the exciting news of their discovery and what it and the artefacts found still on board tell us about a time of great political and religious tension.
Produced by Mariana Des Forges
Mixed and Mastered by Dougal Patmore
Photo credit: Norfolk Historic Shipwrecks
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