HMS Gloucester (1654)
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HMS Gloucester (1654)
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The frigate Gloucester was a Speaker-class third rate, commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Gloucester after the restoration of the English monarchy in 1660. The ship was ordered in December 1652, built at Limehouse in East London, and launched in 1654. The warship was conveying James Stuart, Duke of York to Scotland, when on 6 May 1682 she struck a sandbank off the Norfolk coast, and quickly sank. The Duke was among those saved, but as many as 250 people drowned, including members of the ro
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British frigate wrecked in 1682
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Gloucester_(1654)
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2024-03-13T20:32:09Z
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