July 19, 2006

Fireship excavation

A team of divers from the University of Bristol is to investigate the wreck of a fireship which sank off the Isles of Scilly nearly 300 years ago. . .

The tragedy, which cost the lives of 1,500 Royal Navy seamen, sparked the competition for the 'discovery of longitude' and resulted in the design of the Harrison chronometer.

From the BBC.

Posted by David on July 19, 2006 11:16 AM

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