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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.
Leaking, she stopped for repairs at Newport News, Virginia where she was deemed seaworthy. She developed catastrophic leaks and sank 110 nautical miles (200 km; 130 mi) off North Carolina. The use of radio to communicate "S.O.S." messages were among the first recorded, saving 46 lives. [31] [32
Charlestown – a Visitors Guide, 1994; Shipwreck & Marine Publishing Poor England has lost so Many Men, 2007; Cornwall's Shipwrecks – the North Coast, 2009; Cornwall's Shipwrecks – the South Coast, 2009; Henry Trengrouse – a biography, 2006; Wreck & Rescue round the Cornish Coast, 2006; Augustus John Smith – a short biography, 2013
Ancestry.com records shows the list of those who died in this shipwreck, and the total listed as D.W. (death by total wreck) was eleven. [citation needed] September – a ship's boat with the name Pensee-Augrey was found at St Ives on 1 October and wreckage was washed ashore. A body of a young man was found at Hawke's Point. [52] November
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Cornwall: 1931 A paddlewheeler scuttled in the Amherst Island graveyard. Cortez: Directly off of Southwick Beach State Park. Dagger-board: A schooner near Galloo Island. David W. Mills: 8 November 1919 The wooden lake freighter ran aground on a reef and was broken apart by waves over time. Dominion: Dredge Islander
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The Santo Christo de Castello was a mid‐17th century Genoese merchant ship sailing from Amsterdam that was wrecked on its maiden near Mullion Cove, Cornwall, England in 1667. In the late 17th and 18th centuries various efforts were made to recover the silver it was said to have carried.