Researchers reveal secret find of 340-year-old sunken royal warship
Gulf Times
A case with glasses recovered from the shipwreck of The Gloucester, which sank 340 years ago while carrying King of England, James Stuart, is displayed after the royal warship discovered off the coast of Norfolk, Britain. Norfolk Historic Shipwrecks/Handout via REUTERS
A royal warship that sank off the east coast of Britain more than 300 years ago while carrying a future king was unveiled by researchers on Friday who kept the discovery secret for 15 years to protect the wreck from damage. In 1682, King James II of England, who was the Duke of York at the time, managed to narrowly escape the sinking ship named "The Gloucester" which went down off the coast of eastern England after hitting a sandbank. He became king of England, and King James VII of Scotland three years later.
