Royal ship carrying Charles I’s treasure ‘found off Scotland’
Core samples and scans strongly point to the 1633 ferry, with recovery work imminent after a 30-year volunteer search.
- A 30-year search by the Charles Wrex Project has located the wreck of The Blessing, a timber-built ferry that sank in July 1633, lying just one mile from Burntisland with recovery efforts now imminent.
- During the coronation tour of King Charles in July 1633, The Blessing sank in unexpectedly rough waters while carrying royal cargo valued at £100,000, a sum equivalent to several hundreds of millions today.
- Ian Archibald, convenor of Burntisland Heritage SCIO, directed the team using subsea ground-penetrating radar and advanced scanning. "Core samples now strongly point to the wreck being that of the Blessing," which likely held a gold and silver dinner service from Henry VIII.
- Representatives from the Burntisland Harbour Access Trust met with Fife Council and the Scottish Government to explore creating a museum as part of a larger Burntisland development "masterplan."
- Officially, the Crown owns the wreck, though Burntisland Heritage would be "Salvor in Possession" once recovered. Proposals include an £88,470 facility, possibly at Burntisland Parish Church, due to go on sale by 2027.
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The Blessing of Burntisland, which sank in 1633 with its royal cargo, is said to have been located by a team of researchers, and further analysis is still needed to confirm its identification.
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Sunken royal ship carrying MILLIONS in lost treasure finally found after vanishing in storm nearly 400 years ago
Treasure hunters believe they have tracked down a 17th-century vessel, after three decades of painstaking searching off the coast of Scotland.The Blessing of Burntisland, a wooden baggage ferry that formed part of King Charles I's coronation tour, was long considered irretrievably lost beneath the murky waters of the Firth of Forth.Volunteers from Burntisland Heritage, a community group based in the Fife town, now say they have pinpointed what t…
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