https://freerepublic.com/tag/bayoflopness/ en-us Tue, 29 Jul 2025 17:11:40 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4331464/posts Last year, when winter storms revealed a previously-unknown shipwreck on a beach on Sanday Island, one of the Orkney Islands, it launched an investigation by archaeologists and historians to uncover the mysterious vessel's identity. The Herald Scotland reports that researchers from Wessex Archaeology, Dendrochronicle, Historic Environment Scotland, and other local institutions recently tracked down the ship's origins, believing the wreck to be that of the Earl of Chatham, a 500-ton whaling ship that sank in March 1788. Before it was known by that name, however, it was formerly the HMS Hind, a ship with many years of service in the... Archaeology Magazine https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4331464/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jul 2025 17:11:40 GMT