The HMS Gloucester ran aground while navigating sandbanks off the town of Great Yarmouth on the eastern English coast. It sank within an hour, killing an estimated 130 to 250 crew and passengers.

The discovery of HMS Gloucester off the Norfolk coast has been hailed as the biggest maritime find since the discovery of the Mary Rose in the 1970s. The 'outstanding' 54-gun frigate, which sank ...

The discovery of HMS Gloucester, 28 miles off the coast of Great Yarmouth, was announced last week. The wreck had been found by amateur divers in 2007 but the news was kept secret to allow many ...

The HMS Gloucester ran aground some 28 miles off Great Yarmouth following a dispute between James, then the Duke of York, and the ship's pilot James Ayres about navigating the treacherous Norfolk ...

Julian and Lincoln Barnwellwith with a bell from the wreck of the HMS Gloucester, that they located off the Norfolk coast He accepted no responsibility for the sinking, instead blaming the pilot ...

When the HMS Gloucester sank, it became half buried in the seabed. There was no formal passenger manifest, but it’s estimated that 130 to 250 crew and passengers drowned. At the time of the ...

The HMS Gloucester, traveling from southern England to Scotland, ran aground while navigating sandbanks off the town of Great Yarmouth on the eastern English coast. It sank within an hour ...

The Wreck of HMS 'Gloucester' off Yarmouth, 6 May 1682,' by Monamy Swaine, circa late 18th century. | Royal Museums Greenwich, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain As Jowitt lays out in her paper ...

HMS Gloucester had barely survived a fierce German dive-bombing attack, limping back with dangerously low anti-aircraft ammunition - just 18 percent remained. But before recovery was even possible ...

On May 6, 1682, English warship HMS Gloucester sank after hitting a shoal off the coast of Norfolk. While some survived—including future King James II of England, Scotland and Ireland—many souls were ...