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survived, having abandoned the ship, some 130 to 250 passengers and crew died (the exact number is unknown), including the Earl of Roxburghe, Lord Ibrackan, Sir John Hope and the Duke’s brother-in-law James Hyde. Prior to the sinking, the Duke had fought with the ship’s pilot about the route the ship would take and delayed abandoning ship until the last minute, endangering the lives of those who couldn’t abandon ship before royalty. His behavior in the incident was to haunt him politically. After searching for four years, the wreck was discovered in 2007 by brothers Julian and
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study commissioned by Patriots Point concluded that removal and cleanup would cost around $4.4 million. The new cost study would be the first step in removing the materials from the carrier; the governor recommended that the state’s General Assembly further pay for the remediation using a portion of funds made available to the state through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). “As the outer hull of USS Yorktown continues to corrode, the chance of an environmental disaster only increases with each passing year,” said McMaster. “This executive order protects Charleston Harbor and the entire Lowcountry from these hazardous materials leaking out of USS Yorktown and into the harbor.” South Carolina Office of Resilience chief Ben Duncan added, “USS Yorktown is very important to South Carolina’s history and tourism. Our team stands ready to begin the process of collaborating with state leaders, state agencies, and Patriots Point for the complete remediation of the contents in the ship.” CV-10, the second aircraft carrier of the Essex class, was laid down at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company on 1 December 1941; work on the vessel was accelerated in response to the outbreak of World War II. The carrier was initially supposed to be named Bonhomme Richard, but after USS Yorktown (CV-5) was sunk in the Battle of Midway, it was decided to confer that name to the new carrier. She served in World War II and the Vietnam War; she was also the vessel that retrieved the Apollo 8 crew and spacecraft in 1968. The Navy donated Yorktown to the State of South Carolina in 1975 for use as a museum ship. (Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum; 40 Patriots Point Road; Mt. Pleasant, SC; www. patriotspoint.org) … In June the University of East Anglia (UEA) announced the discovery of the wreck of the Gloucester, which the university calls one of the most famous ships of the 17th century. Built in Limehouse and launched in 1654, Gloucester was a third-rate warship, serving in maritime campaigns in the Anglo-Spanish War and the Second and Third AngloDutch Wars. The ship, carrying James Stuart, Duke of York and the future King of England and King of Ireland, ran aground on 6 May 1682. While Stuart
The Wreck of the Gloucester off Yarmouth, 6 May 1682, by Johan Dankerts (1615–86) Lincoln Barnwell, along with their late father, and friend James Little. The Receiver of Wreck and Ministry of Defence used the ship’s bell to positively identify the vessel as the Gloucester. In addition to the bell, other items retrieved from the wreck site include clothing and shoes, navigational and other naval equipment, personal possessions, and some unopened wine bottles. There are currently no plans to raise any part of the ship’s remains. An exhibition, The Last Voyage of the Gloucester: Norfolk’s Royal Shipwreck, jointly curated by the UEA and Norfolk Museums Service, will be held at Norwich Castle Museum 25 February–25 July 2023, to display the most important finds from the wreck that have been conserved. The UEA has created the Gloucester Project (www. gloucestershipwreck.co.uk), a research effort to increase understanding of 17thcentury naval and political history through study of the ship and the wreck site. (University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, www.uea.ac.uk) … The Sultana Disaster Museum, commemorating the sinking of the steamboat Sultana on 27 April 1865, received a SEA HISTORY 180, AUTUMN 2022