An incredibly rare and extremely well-preserved 350-year-old wooden gun carriage, raised from the seabed off the Essex coast, was brought ashore today (Wednesday) by Historic England. It comes from one of England's most important 17th century shipwrecks - the London – which lies in two parts off Southend Pier. The ship blew up in March 1665 after gunpowder stored on board caught fire during a journey from Chatham to the Hope, near Gravesend in Kent. The ship was en route to collect final...
