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The wrecks of HM Frigates Assurance (1753) & Pomone (1811) : including the fascinating naval career of Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Barrie, KCB, KCH (1774-1841) /

With the thought of treasure, Isle of Wight islander, Derek Williams researched ancient local wreck records. Top of his extensive wreck list was the forty-gun frigate Assurance lost in 1753 while returning from Jamaica with Governor Trelawny on board, whose story possibly inspired Robert Louis Steve...

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Main Authors:	Bingeman, John (Author), Simpson, Paul (Author), Tomalin, David (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK ; Havertown, Pennsylvania : Oxbow Books, [2021]
Subjects:	Barrie, Robert. Williams, Derek. Shipwrecks > England > Isle of Wight. Underwater archaeology > England > Isle of Wight. Treasure troves > England > Isle of Wight.

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