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Charlestown Shipwreck and Heritage Centre. The Shipwreck Treasure Museum (previously the Charlestown Shipwreck & Heritage Centre) located in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Charlestown, Cornwall, England, is a historical museum housing over 8,000 artifacts from over 150 different shipwrecks.
The wreck was located in 1981 and a selection of her cargo can be seen in the Charlestown Shipwreck, Rescue and Heritage Centre, Charlestown. [7] Also reported as Saint Andrew and sinking on 19 January 1526. [22] [23] The site is designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973. [24]
The crew were saved by the Prussia Cove rocket appartatus and the ship became a total loss after it caught fire. [4] Two local men were fined for stealing some of the ship's cargo; tins of pickled salmon. [5] 22 February – the Port Madoe schooner Georgina ( United Kingdom) ran ashore on the rocks off Porthoustock. The crew attracted attention ...
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The Royal Cornwall Museum. This list of museums in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom, contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for ...
16 February – Jemima ( United Kingdom) out from Cork, the ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Whitsand Bay, south-east Cornwall with the loss of all hands. [ 25 ] 25 March – out from Newport, sailing ship Brothers ( United Kingdom ) was stranded and became a total loss near Padstow.
Panamanian cargo ship; torpedoed by U-404. [36] Normannia: 17 January 1924 Foundered in a storm at Frying Pan Shoals. Northeastern United States: 30 December 1904 American tanker; ran aground on Diamond Shoals. Norvana United States: 19 January 1942 American freighter; torpedoed off Cape Hatteras by U-123. [40] CSS North Carolina Confederate ...
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