A 17th-Century Shipwreck Full of Moroccan Gold Baffled Divers for 30 Years. They Finally Cracked It

The Shipwreck Rose: Speak, Memory | The East Hampton Star

The Shipwreck Rose: Speak, Memory Yupay Thu, 07/30/2026 - 10:38 By Bess Rattray July 30, 2026 Someone I know from the Presbyterian Church stopped me while we were passing the peace a couple of Sundays ago — a hasty ramble in the middle of the service in which you trot up and down the aisles shaking hands and wishing one another the pax Christi — and said, “Bess, how in the world do you remember all those things you write about in your newspaper…

A 17th-Century Shipwreck Full of Moroccan Gold Baffled Divers for 30 Years. They Finally Cracked It

A shipwreck discovered in 1995 in Salcombe Bay off England’s south coast left divers and researchers with more than 400 gold coins but no confirmed identity for decades. In June 2026, a nearly 30-year effort by the British Museum, Bournemouth University, and the South West Maritime Archaeology Group identified it as the Dutch trader Dom […]