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Sanday Wreck: Archaeologists believe they have identified centuries-old shipwreck in Orkney
SANDAY, ORKNEY ISLANDS, SCOTLAND, JUL 22 – The Earl of Chatham served as a warship in the American War of Independence and later as a whaling vessel before wrecking in 1788, with all 56 crew surviving, researchers said.
- Archaeologists and community researchers identified a 250-year-old shipwreck discovered in February 2024 on Sanday, one of the Orkney Islands off Scotland's northern tip.
- The wreck emerged after a storm removed centuries-old sand covering it, revealing timber from a mid-18th-century Royal Navy frigate later renamed the Earl of Chatham.
- Built in Chichester in 1749 as HMS Hind, the ship served in key 1750s sieges and the American Revolutionary War before becoming a 500-tonne whaler hunting in Arctic waters.
- Ben Saunders, senior marine archaeologist, praised the community's role, stating they identified the wreck with confidence and called it a "vessel blessed with luck" as all 56 crew survived its 1788 wreck off Sanday.
- The timbers are preserved at Sanday Heritage Centre with plans for permanent display, and experts say climate change may increase such coastal archaeological finds.
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