Divers have found a shipwreck believed to be from Henry V fleet.
If only the mud could talk.
U.K. government agency Historic England reports that a shipwreck buried deep under the Hamble River in Hampshire, England is believed to be the 'Holigost', a warship from King Henry V’s fleet during the Hundred Years War. If verified, the wreck would be “a tangible link with the life and times of Henry V,” according to Historic England.
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The Holigost was built using repurposed materials from a captured Spanish ship called the Santa Clara. It was constructed using a method known as “clinker built,” with overlapping timber planks and weighed between 740-760 tons. Because the ship suffered from leaks and timber decay, a diver named Davy Owen was commissioned to make repairs, a move some consider to be the first recorded service of this kind.
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