This interesting selection of images chronicles the devastating shipwreck with some of its remains surfacing more than 300 years later. On display at the exhibition, The Last Voyage of Gloucester.
A 1682 painting of a shipwreck by Johann Dunkerts.
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In 1682, the warship HMS Gloucester set sail for Edinburgh. James II was also James VII of Scotland. Shortly after beginning the journey, the ship hit a sandbar off the Norfolk coast and sank. James survived, but about 250 people on board died.
This photogrammetric image from the Maritime Archaeological Trust shows a 3D representation of a sunken site.
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It was in 2007 that a miraculously well-preserved shipwreck was discovered. Brothers Julian and Lincoln Barnwell spent years scuba diving and searching for ships. However, the pair were unable to reveal their findings until last year, so they were able to protect them.
Undersea ship lifting tools
A 3D representation of the wreck site is shown in the main image from the Maritime Archaeological Trust photogrammetric imagery.
Above: Glasses in a case. and under his two salt-glazed jugs known as Bellarmine bottles. And the “Sun in Splendor” bottle. All found at the scene.
Two salt-glazed jugs, known as Bellarmine bottles, remained.and “Sun in Splendor” rights
Norfolk Historic Shipwreck
Pictured below HMS Gloucester’s 65-kilogram bronze bell.
The exhibition runs until 10th September at the Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery.
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