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Divers have begun salvaging treasure from a ship that was accidentally blown up 350 years ago in the Thames Estuary.
English Heritage is funding a two-year period of excavation of the wreck of HMS London, at a cost of £70,000.
The huge vessel sank in the Thames Estuary, not far from where Southend Pier has since been built, in March 1665, after mysteriously exploding on a journey from Chatham, Kent.
Read more: Divers begin £70,000 quest to salvage treasure from ship mysteriously blown up 350 years ago off Southend coast | Mail Online
English Heritage is funding a two-year period of excavation of the wreck of HMS London, at a cost of £70,000.
The huge vessel sank in the Thames Estuary, not far from where Southend Pier has since been built, in March 1665, after mysteriously exploding on a journey from Chatham, Kent.
Read more: Divers begin £70,000 quest to salvage treasure from ship mysteriously blown up 350 years ago off Southend coast | Mail Online
