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Two salvaged pieces from the…
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Melbourne
Date:
21-Jul-2024
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Two salvaged pieces from the shipwreck of the HMS Invincible, wrecked 1758, a piece of tarred hemp rope and a pulley sheave, both pieces recovered from the wreck of the Royal Navy's first Invincible which ran aground in the Solent Straight, 1758; with Certificates of Authenticity, Note, Invincible was a French vessel built in 1744 captured by the English in 1747. After re rigging she served the Royal Navy as H.M.S Invincible. The vessel hit a sandbank in the Solent, between the Isle of Wight and the English mainland, in 1758. It was rediscovered by a local fisherman in 1979 and designated as an Historic Wreck in 1980.
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Unclassified