Relics illuminate the wreck of HMS Gloucester, a Seventeenth-century warship

THIS intriguing number of photos paperwork a catastrophic shipwreck that, after greater than 300 years, has had a few of its relics dropped at the floor. They are going to be showcased in a brand new exhibition, The Final Voyage of the Gloucester, by the College of East Anglia and Norwich Citadel Museum and Artwork Gallery, each within the UK.

In 1682, the warship HMS Gloucester set sail for Edinburgh carrying the long run King James II of England and Eire, who was additionally King James VII of Scotland. Not lengthy into its journey, the ship struck a sandbank off the Norfolk coast and sank. James survived, however some 250 folks on board died.

It wasn’t till 2007 that the miraculously well-preserved shipwreck was found by brothers Julian and Lincoln Barnwell, who had spent years scuba diving in quest of the vessel. Nonetheless, the pair had been unable to disclose their discover till final yr so it could possibly be protected.

A 3D illustration of the wreck website is proven in the principle image in a photogrammetry picture from the Maritime Archaeology Belief.

Pictured above: a pair of glasses of their case; and under two salt-glazed jugs, often called Bellarmine bottles; and a “Sun in Splendour” bottle. All had been discovered on the website.

Pictured under the 65-kilogram bronze bell of HMS Gloucester.

The exhibition is at Norwich Citadel Museum and Artwork Gallery till 10 September.