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  • 24/07/2025
Shipwreck of historic 18th-century warship uncovered on remote Scottish island

With the help of archaeologists, the wreck was identified as the Earl of Chatham, which served in Canada during the Seven Years’ War and later became a whaling ship.

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00:00I would regard it as a lucky ship which is a strange thing to say about a ship that's wrecked
00:22but to have such a long military career then to be sold out of the service have a very successful
00:27whaling career as well and then to unfortunately wreck in Sandy but all of the crew survived 56
00:35crew survived they're brought on shore they're looked after by the people of Sandy before being
00:39returned to Kirk Hall and eventually London and then the wreck itself has survived the
00:43next 250 years in the intertidal before being found

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