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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. Large quantities of ...
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 ...
List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1854 Ship State Description Borneo United States: The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Cobden ( United States). Borneo was on a voyage from New York to London, United Kingdom. [1] D ' Arcy United Kingdom: The brig ran aground on the Gratindo Rocks, in the Thanlwin. She was ...
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A rare ingot of Cornish tin salvaged from the shipwreck that killed the brother of poet William Wordsworth will be put up for auction this week. ... Between the 1700s and the 1800s Cornwall’s ...
4 or 5 December – The Liverpool ship Corbey put into Falmouth, Cornwall following a ten-minute collision with the Star of Bengal, 23 miles (37 km) off The Lizard. The Star of Bengal ( United Kingdom) is believed to have sunk with all hands. The 1800-ton ship was carrying salt from London to Calcutta. [191]
In 1972 Larn left the Royal Navy as a Chief Petty Officer/ Weapons Electrical Mechanician to pursue a career in private business. After two years as Works Director for Partech Electronics International Ltd, Charlestown, helping the Company to move to Cornwall from Wellyn Garden City, he then founded a commercial diving training centre Prodive Ltd. initially in the Long Store, Charlestown, then ...