Really looking forward to working with #Maritime #Archaeological Trust on developing an interactive tour of the #gloucesterwreck for our upcoming exhibition https://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/norwich-castle/whats-on/exhibitions/last-voyage-of-the-gloucester inspired by their superb Chesil beach cannon site tour https://chesil.maritimearchaeologytrust.org/ #histodons

Honoured to have been asked to give the Proctor Memorial Lecture 2022, Thursday 8 December, 5.15pm, River Room, Department of War Studies, King's College London ... I will be talking all things #gloucesterwreck
& ⚓️🌊⛵️🤿 ... do come along, booking now open & tickets are going fast: https://www.maritimehistory.org.uk/news/items/proctor-
memorial-lecture-2022

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#Conference 'The Life, Times & Heritage Futures of the Gloucester' will be held at Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery 12−13 May 2023

#histodons & #divers #archaeologists #museum professionals will reveal their findings to date & explore the possible heritage futures for this 17th-century ship

The exhibition ‘The Last Voyage of the Gloucester: Norfolk’s Royal Shipwreck, 1682’ runs 25 Feb to 10 Sept 2023

More details shortly ...

Hello #histodons
One of the amazing things about #gloucesterwreck is the number of #c17 #wine bottles rescued from the seabed. 149 so far & 49 have some contents & 29 are sealed so contents appear intact. Some have glass seals with owners initials or arms. Here's one going through #conservation & desalinating in its wee water bath, still with a seashell attached.

Hello #Histodons

Excited to share details of an upcoming #Exhibition on #gloucesterwreck opening 25 Feb 2023 at Norwich Castle & Art Gallery in #Norfolk.

It displays for the first time some of the objects recovered from the #shipwreck including beautifully preserved personal effects, that tell stories of the passengers & crew, & of life on board ship.

https://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/norwich-castle/whats-on/exhibitions/last-voyage-of-the-gloucester

Finishing writing the Exhibition Catalogue today!⚓ ✍️

Hello #Histodons

I’m a cultural historian at UEA & specialize in #earlymodern #maritime #colonial #travelwriting (ranging from #pirates thru #Hakluyt to #shipwreck).

I will spend the next few years working on #gloucesterwreck & a new edition of Hakluyt's Principal Navigations.

On that note, here's the bell, dated 1681, rescued from the Gloucester wreck (sank in 1682) & an underwater image of the site, including cannon. If you want to read my work on the wreck see: https://academic.oup.com/ehr/article/137/586/728/6604921?login=false