The Gloucester shipwreck: Hopes part of royal wreck can be recovered

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Hopes part of royal shipwreck can be recovered

The 340-year-old Gloucester warship was discovered after a cannon was spotted on the seabed by divers

Sections of a royal shipwreck found off the Norfolk coast may be recoverable from the seabed, a former head of the British Army has said. Lord Dannatt, the deputy lieutenant of Norfolk, is due to chair a charity caring for items from The Gloucester.The discovery of the wreck, which nearly drowned a future king in 1682, was revealed on Friday after being kept secret for years for security reasons.

The warship ran aground off the coast of Great Yarmouth, nearly killing the Duke of York, who went on to become King James II of England.

 

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