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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.
Living in Charlestown for 31 years, [1] he was joint owner and curator of one of the largest collections of shipwreck artifacts on public display in Europe. [2] Larn and his wife Bridget then moved to the Isles of Scilly in 1986, [ 1 ] where they lived from 1986 to 1991 during which they set up and ran the Longstone Heritage Centre.
23 January – an unidentified troop ship, possibly one of Admiral Christian's West Indies convoy was wrecked within a cable length of Loe Bar during a ″great storm″ in Mount's Bay. The ship was carrying between 400 and 600 officers and men of the 26th Regiment of Dragoons ; not one of the crew or passengers survived.
Charlestown (Cornish: Porth Meur, meaning great cove) is a village and port on the south coast of Cornwall, England, in the civil parish of St Austell Bay. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3 km) southeast of St Austell town centre. [1] The port at Charlestown developed in the late 18th century from the fishing village of West Polmear.
The wreck was located in 1981 and a selection of her cargo can be seen in the Charlestown Shipwreck, Rescue and Heritage Centre, Charlestown. [11] Also reported as Saint Andrew and sinking on 19 January 1526. [33] The site is designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973. [34]
HMS Charlestown, was USS Boston (1777), which the British captured on 12 May 1780. Charlestown struck to the French frigates Astrée and Hermione off Île Royale at the action of 21 July 1781, but they were unable to take possession of her. [1] In November 1781, the ship fell in with the privateer Thorn. [2]
Over 150 artifacts have been recovered from the site, some of which are on display at the Charlestown Shipwreck & Heritage Centre. [ 2 ] In 2013, Historic England (then called English Heritage) commissioned a desk-based assessment of the wreck site's significance, its history, any existing evidence, finds and research work, concluding a ...
Charlestown was damaged in a collision with the minesweeper HMS Florizel off Harwich, England in December 1944. [1] Due to her age, it was decided not to repair her, and the destroyer was placed in reserve at Grangemouth, Firth of Forth. Charlestown was decommissioned on 15 January 1945 and was eventually scrapped. [2]