You may have seen the news recently and become aware that a couple of local divers have located the wreck of HMS Gloucester which run aground off the Yarmouth coast in 1682. This is seen as the most significant maritime archeological discovery since raising the Mary Rose in 1982. The Duke of York (future James II) was a passenger on the Gloucester and although he and most of the nobility managed to escape from the sinking ship, they left all their belongings there, and it is still waiting for us to discover. Here is a film from the Little Bit of History series about the sinking of the HMS Gloucester, please select the following link and press play, you also should be able to select skip to avoid the adverts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFGgwL5q9b8
Here is a written article to supplement the above film. Please select the following link:
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