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HMS Royal George

Spithead, off Portsmouth, Hampshire

A great warship that sank at anchor, with families visiting on board.

In August 1782 the 100-gun HMS Royal George was anchored at Spithead. To repair a pipe below the waterline, she was tilted over on purpose.

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When
29 August 1782
Where
50.7700, -1.1000
Group
Shipwrecks

Visiting

Relics can be seen at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth.

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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