Shifting Sands

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Early on the morning of May 6, 1682, the Royal Navy warship Gloucester careered into a large sandbank off the port of Yarmouth. It bounced along the ridge, the rudder sheared off, a neighboring plank broke, and water poured into the hold. As men rushed on deck the ship was suddenly swept into deep water […]

Original source: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2023/05/25/shifting-sands-samuel-pepys-gloucester-shipwreck/

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