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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.
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.
In 1976 he established the Charlestown Shipwreck & Heritage Centre which grew out of his own collection of shipwreck artifacts which he ran until 1998 with his second wife, Bridget,. [2] 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]
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]
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 ...
It set off from Genoa in northern Italy last July for its first world tour in 20 years, which will take it to over 30 ports in five continen. ... Tall ship Vespucci, named after the explorer who ...
The Charlestown Shipwreck Centre, Cornwall, has a small (90mm bore and 125 kg weight overall) brass boat gun from Primrose. The curators have determined that it was cast in a Danish foundry. The curators have determined that it was cast in a Danish foundry.