GAD 23 | Bow Sprit wreck
GAD 23 is the remains of a wooden merchant sailing vessel carrying a cargo of coal. Ship’s equipment and its design and construction suggest that it dates to around …
Britannia
Britannia was an East India Company ship that was in convoy with the Admiral Gardner and the Carnatic when she sank on the Goodwins during a storm on 24th / 25th …
HMS Stirling Castle
Introduction In 1674 Samuel Pepys, MP and Secretary of the Admiralty convinced King Charles II to begin the building of 30 ships to improve the performance of the Royal Navy …
Rooswijk
Introduction In the late 18th Century the Dutch East India Company, or VOC as it was known, was one of the most powerful commercial companies across the globe. It had …
HMS Restoration
Historical background HMS Restoration was a 70 gun third-rate Man of War built in 1678 by Betts at Harwich and subsequently rebuilt at Chatham in 1702. She weighed 1,055 tons …
HMS Northumberland
Historical background HMS Northumberland was one of three of Samuel Pepys ‘Thirty Great Ships’ that foundered on the Goodwin Sands during the Great Storm of November1703. She was a 70 …
GAD 8
Archaeological interest GAD 8 or the ‘Goodwins cannon site’ is the closest of the Protected Wrecks to the Kent coastline. It lies in 11m of water in The Downs and …
HMS Mary
HMS Mary is not officially listed as a Protected Wreck but we would like to include her here as historically she was a significant ship that is thought to share …
Admiral Gardner
Historical background The Admiral Gardner was an 813-ton English East Indiaman built on the River Thames and launched in 1797. At 415 feet long and 36 feet wide, she had …