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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]
Hundreds of items recovered from shipwrecks, including cannons, crockery, and other treasures are being put up for auction. The artefacts, dating from the 16th Century to more recent wrecks, are ...
7 October – the schooner Active ( United Kingdom) carrying culm foundered twelve miles off Trevose Head in a WNW force 8 gale. One of her four crew died. [7] 11 October – while carrying coal from Newport to Salcombe with coal Caroline became windbound in her home port. She left Padstow and while off Trevose Head her Captain went below ...
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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 ...
List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1839 Ship State Description Casador Portugal: The brig was wrecked on Hainan, China. [2] Fanny United Kingdom: The ship ran aground on the Drumroe Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Waterford [3] Horace France
21 October – the Bideford ketch Bessie Wilkingson ( United Kingdom) with coal from Newport ran aground on the Blackrock, outside of their destination, Mevagissey. [187] 22 October – the Whitby brig Marys dragged her anchor and hit the Black Rock at the entrance to Falmouth harbour, drifted leeward and sank between the rock and shore. Three ...