Ship's Secrets Unveiled After Centuries in a Watery Grave
The Northern Echo › May 11, 2010
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THEY call her the Yorkshire Mary Rose and, like her Portsmouth counterpart, the treasures she took with her to a watery grave tell a fascinating story of the past.
The General Carleton - the subject of a new book - was a 390-ton merchantman, built in Whitby in 1777, probably in the same shipyard that produced Captain Cook's famous Endeavour.See the full content of this document
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Ship's Secrets Unveiled After Centuries in a Watery Grave
She plied her trade in the Baltic, but also played a role in the American War of Independence, ev...
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