Norfok shipwrecks: From The Gloucester to HMS Invincible
From The Gloucester to HMS Invincible, here is a look at some of the shipwrecks found off the Norfolk coast.
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From The Gloucester to HMS Invincible, here is a look at some of the shipwrecks found off the Norfolk coast.
The discovery of HMS Gloucester (depicted above), 28 miles off the coast of Great Yarmouth, was announced last week. Former British Army chief Lord Dannatt has said the ship could be raised.
The Gloucester sank in 1682 and it took many years of work to find it.
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".
The discovery of the Gloucester off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, has been hailed in sensational terms.