52 of 151 ships - HMS Gloucester crew list - recent updates
(Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project)

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Please follow the link to view the crew list for this ship.
https://www.jutlandcrewlists.org/gloucester

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'Hailed as biggest maritime discovery since Mary Rose.'

'The 'outstanding' ship foundered while carrying future King of England and Scotland James Stuart, then Duke of York.'

'James delayed abandoning ship until last minute, needlessly costing lives of between 130 and 250 people on board.'

'Remains were uncovered in 2007, around 28 miles off coast of Great Yarmouth half-buried on seabed – but it wasn't until last year that discovery was made public.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11789251/HMS-Gloucester-New-footage-reveals-awe-inspiring-ship-wreck.html

The ̶M̶o̶n̶e̶t̶i̶z̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ Re-Discovery of HMS Gloucester - WB 11th February 2023

https://youtu.be/I3VfqYHU_tE

with
Andy Brockman

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The HMS Gloucester was wrecked in the North Sea, about 30 miles off the shore of Norfolk, England, shortly after dawn on 6 May 1682. It was a warship in the navy of Charles II of England (r. 1660-1685), and at the time of its loss, it was the flagship of a small fleet of ten ships on their way to Scotland to fetch Mary of Modena, the pregnant wife of James, Duke of York, the brother of Charles ... https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2142/the-wreck-of-the-hms-gloucester/ #JamesIIOfEngland #HMSGloucester #History