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at a depth of 8 to 25 meters. The wreck was discovered in Smith Sound in 1982, and several items were recovered, including guns and anchors, a wooden "nocturne" (for the time at night), a bell and carved cherubs. In 2006, researchers and students from
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conducted the first archaeological survey of the vessel. This was also the first physical study of this type of Royal Navy ship.
582: 302:) also sank that night, bringing the total of sailors lost to nearly 2,000. The Scilly naval disaster was one of the greatest 62: 343: 272:. She was lifted off by a huge wave first, and Percy managed to steer his badly damaged ship along the southern side of the 650: 655: 640: 546: 253: 273: 249: 306: 128: 426: 645: 333: 277: 67: 538:
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while on their way from Gibraltar to Portsmouth. On the night of 22 October 1707,
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in 1694, the first Royal Naval vessel to bear the name.
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HMS Firebrand

Royal Navy Ensign
Great Britain
Limehouse
bm
Royal Navy
fireship
Limehouse
Caribbean
Mediterranean
Winchester
Barbados
HMS Firebrand (1694) is located in Isles of Scilly
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Scilly naval disaster of 1707
Admiral
Cloudesley Shovell
Cornwall
Isles of Scilly
Western Rocks
St Agnes
Annet
Eagle
Romney
Association
maritime
disasters in British history
Board of the Admiralty
competition

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