Shipwreck remnants from 17th century wash up on British coast

A section of a historic shipwreck has been discovered at a Dorset beach following recent winter storms, with the National Trust beginning an investigation. Found washed ashore at Studland Bay, Dorset on January 28, the exposed timbers have been surveyed by maritime archaeologists from Bournemouth University who dated the remnants as 17th century, and are likely to be a section of the Swash Channel wreck. The Swash Channel wreck was first discovered in the 1990s at the key shipping approach to