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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Tobi Thomas

Wreck of Royal Navy warship sunk in 1682 identified off Norfolk coast

Brothers Julian and Lincoln Barwell measure a cannon found with the wreck of HMS Gloucester.
Brothers Julian and Lincoln Barwell measure a cannon found with the wreck of HMS Gloucester. Photograph: Norfolk Historic Shipwrecks/PA

The wreck of a Royal Navy warship which sank in 1682 while carrying the future king James Stuart has been identified off the coast of Norfolk.

The wreckage of HMS Gloucester was actually found in 2007 by two brothers, Julian and Lincoln Barnwell, alongside their late father and two friends, following a four-year search which covered an area of more than 5,000 nautical miles.

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