@gloucesterwreck

The Gloucester Project, researching the life and times of the third-rate frigate the Gloucester (1654-82)

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Joined June 2022
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'one of the great what ifs of British history...' Did you know that you can watch a free guided virtual tour of 'The Last Voyage of the Gloucester: Norfolk’s Royal Shipwreck, 1682' exhibition held at Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery? Available here. youtube.com/watch?v=hvsJuAu7…

The Last Voyage of the Gloucester: Norfolk’s Royal Shipwreck, 1682

Between February and September 2023, Norwich Castle Museum and Art ...

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I'm looking forward to sharing stories of the #Gloucester at ‘Exploring Norfolk’s Past’, the Norfolk & Norwich Archaeological Society Biennial Community Archaeology Conference on Sat 10 Oct 2026 - check out the full programme & buy tix here: nnas.info/conferences/
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The Wreck of The Gloucester: A Seventeenth-Century Warship Through Time, edited by @BenjaminRedding & moi is now advertised from @boydellbrewer boydellandbrewer.com/book/th… 23 original essays & c150 illustrations Available to preorder in January & out 30 March 2027 #gloucesterwreck
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Tale of royal dog aboard sinking ship @gloucesterwreck to be told as part of #NorwichHistoryFestival TODAY 🐶⚓ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwye…

Tale of royal dog aboard sinking ship The Gloucester to be told

More than 130 people are believed to have died in the sinking off Norfolk - as well as a royal dog.

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Looking forward to this! Why the Gloucester shipwreck matters with Claire Jowitt The Forum Auditorium, Norwich, NR2 1TF Monday 20th July 2026 3:00PM⚓#norwichhistoryfestival theforumnorwich.co.uk/whats-…
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Final adjustments & proofreading for The Wreck of the Gloucester: A Seventeenth-Century Warship Through Time, with 🙏 to our anonymous reader for a very helpful report. 24 essays on @gloucesterwreck! @BenjaminRedding & I have loved editing this! Out soon with @boydellandbrewer
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Our second announcement is that we’re delighted to be developing an @ahrcpress funded short animation film exploring the wooden world of the Gloucester through the perspective of a ship’s rat. The film will be shown at @timetidemuseum from 2027. 🐀 🌊 gloucestershipwreck.co.uk/po…

A Ship Rat's Eye View of the Gloucester Warship: An Animated Adventure

With Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding, Jowitt and Redding are leading a project to showcase the 'wooden world' of an early modern ship through a short animated film.

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Our website has been updated with some new announcements. First up, did you catch this story last month about our new National Lottery Heritage Fund project to develop augmented reality maritime heritage walks in Great Yarmouth? gloucestershipwreck.co.uk/po…

Gloucester Shipwreck Heritage Walks in Great Yarmouth

The University of East Anglia has secured £249,776 in funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to create digitally augmented heritage walks in Great Yarmouth.

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OTD 4 years ago in 2022, the discovery of the @gloucesterwreck was publicly announced! @BenjaminRedding & I sizzled on Great Yarmouth beach as the team did press interviews & my OA article about G's loss in 1682 came out in @enghistrev - time flies!! academic.oup.com/ehr/article…
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Happy that we can announce that with @NorfolkMuseums & @clairejowitt we will create digitally-enhanced heritage walks in Great Yarmouth on @gloucesterwreck Thanks to @HeritageFundUK for generously funding the project bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0e2… #Norfolk #GreatYarmouth #History

Digitally-enhanced walks to be created of Great Yarmouth wreck

People will be able to experience the town as major 17th Century port and the Gloucester shipwreck.

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bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyz… Hull of Cargo Ship Washed up by Gales on Hemsby Coast! Suggestion that it could be from 1600s or 1700s. Exciting!

Hull of cargo ship washed up by gales on Hemsby coast

Part of a ship's wooden hull reveals the incredible craftsmanship of centuries past.

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I'm speaking next on #gloucester to Loddon History Group on Wed 15 Ocober, 1.30pm - details below ... do join me ... loddonhistorygroup.co.uk/eve…
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Enjoyed talking about my latest @gloucesterwreck research on royal physician Sir Charles Scarburgh at @Medievalmariner & John Mcaleer & team's conference to celebrate the launch of @maritimebritain project website ... lovely event! ⚓️⚓️⚓️
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Excited to start writing today my bits of the co-written Introduction, with @BenjaminRedding to our inaugural multidisciplinary @gloucesterwreck edited collection ... Contributors' essays are fab! Out next year with @boydellbrewer ⚓⚓⚓
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The Confessions of Samuel Pepys by Guy de la Bédoyère review – journal of a predator theguardian.com/books/2025/a…

The Confessions of Samuel Pepys by Guy de la Bédoyère review – journal of a predator

Newly decoded extracts expose the celebrated 17th-century diarist and naval administrator as a rapacious abuser

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theguardian.com/science/2025…

English warship sunk in 1703 storm gives up its secrets three centuries on

Archaeologists in race to study HMS Northumberland as shifting sands expose part of well-preserved wreck

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A really good day ... 2 chapters arrived today for @BenjaminRedding & my @gloucesterwreck edited collection, to be published next year by @boydellbrewer ... it's got 27 chapters & we'd been waiting on these, so super fab to have them ... (& just 3 more to get in!)🚌🚌
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The Gloucester Project retweeted
J D Davies@quintonjournals19 Jul 2025
I've got a new article about the failed British invasion of the Netherlands in 1673 on the splendid Heart of Oak website! heart-of-oak.org/2025/07/18/…

The Failed British Invasion of the Netherlands, 1673

In this piece, J.D. Davies takes a closer look at the planned English invasion of the Netherlands in 1673, which was abandoned after the Battle of the Texel. Forgotten by history, its objective was…

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Deadline for applications for this fantastic donor scholarship in Maritime History @UEA_History is 8 August 2025 - please share 📢📢📢
Prof Claire Jowitt - @clairejowitt.bsky.social@clairejowitt2 Jun 2025
📢FAO UEA students We are pleased to offer a new studentship in Maritime History to study MA Early Modern History, MA Cultural Heritage & Museum Studies or MA Modern History in @UEA_History in 2025 Value £10k - if of interest, get in touch! uea.ac.uk/study/fees-and-fun…
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ATTENTION MARITIME HISTORY FANS! The CfP for the Maritime Britain project end of project conference is now live. Check out the poster below and register your interest on Eventbrite in attending and/or giving a paper: eventbrite.co.uk/e/maritime-…
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A HUGE shoutout to @LeverhulmeTrust who kindly supported #Gloucester research for the last 4 yrs. Today our final Project Report was submitted with 🙏 for enabling @BenjaminRedding & @clairejowitt to explore this amazing⛵'s full career For project info: gloucestershipwreck.co.uk
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