Treasures of British warship sunk in 1703 storm finally revealed three centuries on
The wreckage of an 18th century warship, which is “extremely well preserved”, reveals the treasures of changing sands revealing the body.
During the ‘Big Storm’, Northumberland, who sank in 1703, sat in the sea bed from the city coast for 320 years. However, divers recently discovered well -preserved wooden crates, iron balls and previously coated with sand and sediment.
Historians warned that the new findings could be a “lost connection ve in order to learn more about shipbuilding during the Stuart period, but now they have experienced“ high deterioration at the risk of deterioration ..
The ship was built in 1679 as part of the renewal of the British Navy of Samuel Pepys. On November 26, 1703, he sank in the treachery Goodwin Sands, which he had slept since then.
The divers revealed the skeleton of the ship, with the proof of more than one deck and a part of the wooden weapon cars.
Dan Snow, the founder and creative director of the Hittin Hitin, said: “Northumberland Missing connection. It was built roughly between half Mary Rose And HMS VictoryThis wreck can fill the important details of shipbuilding and life at that important moment in our history. Ours Mary Rose‘Tudor Time Capsule’, here is a Stuart time capsule to sit next to it. “
However, experts from historical UK said that the moving sediment threatened to expose it to “physical, chemical and biological processes that could harm the works.
“Sands, strong currents and boring sea creatures entering the wooden structures in the sea base and damaging them, continue to risk high deterioration by continuing to make this fragile protected wrecking region unbalanced,” he said.
“It is 15-20 meters deep above a large area of the sea base and covered with concrete or sea deposits, but more is exposed every day.”
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Alison James, MSDS Marine Heritage and System Manager, added that the debris has a lot of potential to give us more information about the British navy and the ships of the time ve and says, “a rich resource for local communities to benefit”.
Experts, the future work on the site to learn more about the construction of the ship and to help to verify the identity of the ship can include examples of wood or dendrochronological sampling, he said.
Coming in front of the publication of the History movie ‘Shipwreck Northumberland And the big storm ’33 July Thursday.
