One of Henry V's great warships discovered in Hampshire

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3268751/One-Henry-V-s-four-great-warships-buried-mud-Hampshire-river-spotted-aerial-photograph-historian.html

What an incredible discovery!

I swear I watched something about this over the weekend....I think it was a Time Team....

Ah, I did!

http://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000061


Further excavations are recorded in 1874 and 1899. The site was re-investigated in 1933, and again in 1980-5. In 2004, a visit by Time Team television archaeologists with a team from Southampton University excavated part of the Grace Dieu underwater. New sonar technology was trialled on the site and excavation went ahead at the stern, uncovering hull timbers and demonstrating that longer planking was used in her construction than at first thought

Thank goodness! I would hate to have imagined Sir Baldrick in a wetsuit.....

This is the one that was known about:

http://sotonopedia.wikidot.com/page-browse:grace-dieu

My friends, this was taken from The Telegraph newspaper:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/archaeology/11924909/600-year-old-Henry-V-warship-found-in-Hampshire-river.HTML

That's so good Pedro.   Thanks.

The pics here are good, too, Pedro:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3270065/The-ship-sank-France-s-buried-mud-English-river-pride-Henry-V-s-fleet-wrought-bloody-mayhem-oldest-enemy.html



The Holy Ghost may be better preserved than the Grace Dieu, as it's right in the mud.

My friends, your words are mine.

This is just wonderful especially as it comes hot on the heels of the scepter.

Found that - from memory, it's one of the Time Team sketches of what all of them would have looked like. I would have paid more attention when I watched the dive on the remains of the Grace Dieu if I'd known more were going to turn up the very next day...

Long story short, the remains of that ship which are best preserved are the ones down in the mud, not the ones that have been exposed to daylight over the centuries, so with any luck, there is a lot of the Holy Ghost in one piece.

There will certainly be a lot of medieval artifacts in whatever is left.

How thrilling!  Can't wait.  

Yes, it's always been known that the Grace Dieu was there, part of it can be seen at low tide, Lily. It's the rest of them that had vanished from history....

Such a wonderful story too.

Something else gets found:

http://news.sky.com/story/1569273/sodom-has-biblical-city-of-sin-been-found

Sodom: Has Biblical City Of Sin Been Found?
Despite evidence of formidable defences, life in the massive city appears to have mysteriously come to an abrupt halt



I watched - again - a documentary about the disappearance of the two cities; the conclusion was that the only Higher Power involved was Vulcan, because the 'fire and brimstone' was debris from Santorini exploding.

Thanks Bonny.  That is really good to hear.

Another possibility mentioned sometimes is that it was a meteorite strike - I think that would be Zeus' department?

Yes indeed, Bonny.