Wreck of HMS Royal James
Shipwreck site
- Position
- About 51.4° N, 0.5° E (within about 10 km)
- Sank
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- Cause
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- Depth
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Protection status
Location generalised to protect military remains
The position shown is generalised to within about 10 km. The exact position is not published.
The wreck of a military vessel.
This wreck may be the last resting place of those who died aboard. Please treat it with respect.
How this was decided: Voydar's protection rules, from the sources we hold, confidence 85%. When in doubt, Voydar generalises the position.
The Richard was a 70-gun second-rate ship of the line of the navy of the Commonwealth of England, built by the Master Shipwright Christopher Pett at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched in 1658. She was named after Richard Cromwell, to honour his appointment as the Protector in succession to his late father Oliver Cromwell. The Richard was one of four Second rates authorised by the Council of State on 3 July 1654 as part of the 1654 Construction Programme; unlike the other three, the instruction to build her was not placed until 8 April 1656; she was launched from Woolwich Dockyard on 26 May 1658. She had 13 pairs of gunports on the lower deck (one pair unused), 13 pairs on the middle deck, and 10 pairs on the upper deck.
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