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SteveH:
Scientists have found and filmed one of the greatest ever undiscovered shipwrecks 107 years after it sank.

The Endurance, the lost vessel of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, was found at the weekend at the bottom of the Weddell Sea.

The ship was crushed by sea-ice and sank in 1915, forcing Shackleton and his men to make an astonishing escape on foot and in small boats.

Video of the remains show Endurance to be in remarkable condition.

Even though it has been sitting in 3km (10,000ft) of water for over a century, it looks just like it did on the November day it went down.

Its timbers, although disrupted, are still very much together, and the name - Endurance - is clearly visible on the stern.

"Without any exaggeration this is the finest wooden shipwreck I have ever seen - by far," said marine archaeologist Mensun Bound, who is on the discovery expedition and has now fulfilled a dream ambition in his near 50-year career.

"It is upright, well proud of the seabed, intact, and in a brilliant state of preservation," he told BBC News.

cont/video  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60662541

SteveH:
Archaeology mystery: Shipwreck in Wales

"Some 550 soldiers boarded at Liverpool on six merchant ships on March 29, 1625, with sailing crews taking the headcount to 770."

"Charles Dickens was dispatched to Anglesey to report on the disaster, and later wrote about it in The Uncommercial Traveller."

"A memorial was erected in Moelfre, and more than 140 of the dead were buried at nearby St Gallgo’s church."

cont https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1579136/wales-worst-ever-shipwreck-anglesey-penmon-disaster-archaeology-news-spt?IYA-mail=a05105fc-304d-4c50-9807-edab51f779a4

Hugo:
Sorry to butt in Steve but Charles Dickens was sent to Anglesey to report on the sinking of the Royal Charter on the 26th Oct 1859..
The memorial was for the 140 unidentified people who drowned in that shipwreck in 1859

Nearly exactly 100 years later the Hindlea sank off Moelfre but the 8 people on board were rescued one by one thanks to the effort of the Moelfre Lifeboat crew.     Part of the ship is still visible at low water

https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/426/details/royal-charter

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/night-sailors-were-rescued-one-15301137

SteveH:
Thanks Hugo, I only posted lines from the piece for those who might be interested, but your links have added to the stories.

Hugo:
I had only heard recently about those ships that were wrecked in 1625 off Penmon so your link was very interesting to read.

I have a very good book by Ivor Wynne Jones titled "Shipwrecks of North Wales" and it covers hundreds od wrecks off the coast but not the 1625 one.     It even mentions about the Arab pirates chasing white slaves in the early 1600's and the Captain of a ship who was chasing the Arabs in our waters.   

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