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The Grace Dieu

River Hamble, Bursledon, Hampshire

Henry V's giant warship, still lying in the mud of a river.

The Grace Dieu was built for King Henry V and was one of the largest ships in the world at the time. She hardly ever sailed.

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When
Built 1418, burned 1439
Where
50.8900, -1.3050
Group
Shipwrecks

Visiting

The river path near Bursledon passes the area.

Cover of Blood and Gold by Cale Mills
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Blood and Gold

Sixteen true stories of mutiny, mercy, treasure and the gallows from the Golden Age of Piracy: Henry Every, Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts, Edward England, Howell Davis, Christopher Moody, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Charles Vane, Benjamin Hornigold, Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, Israel Hands, Calico Jack, Edward Low, Captain William Kidd and Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy. Where the record is uncertain, the book says so.

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