Discovered! A Royal Navy Shipwreck

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🗓️ 9 June 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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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.

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Photo credit: Norfolk Historic Shipwrecks

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0:38.6	Hi, buddy. Welcome to Dance and Notice. We've got some breaking news here. We finally can talk about this story.
0:42.9	We've been sitting on it for years. I first met with these two wonderful divers ages ago now.
0:48.6	I mean, it must be six years or so ago. And they told me about a remarkable discovery they've made.
0:53.7	It does been a lot of work going on behind the scenes. I've been lucky enough to play a tiny partner.
0:58.2	It's been very, very exciting and today the big announcement is taking place.
1:01.8	A wonderful 17th century shipwreck has been found off the east coast of England,
1:06.5	not zinni old ship, a royal navy vessel carrying the air to the throne himself.
1:11.9	James Stewart, the Duke of York, Lord High Admiral, Naval veteran and soon to be briefly King James II of England and Scotland.
1:24.5	This is HMS Gloucester. It was a 50 gun ship of the line, which on the morning of the 6th of May,
1:31.4	1682 smashed into a sandbank off the Norfolk coast.
1:35.9	Samuel Peeps, the great diarist, the great naval administrator was watching the accident from a neighboring ship
1:42.5	and helped to pull survivors out of the water, including the air to the throne.
1:47.6	This ship has been found by a pair of brothers, Julian and Lincoln Barnwell.
1:51.9	They represent that great British tradition of eccentric, passionate amateurs getting out there,
1:59.0	and tirelessly searching and digging into things and then being rewarded with great success.
2:05.9	It's terrific news that they have found this ship and today is a big moment in having that discovery
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