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Diving into History

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Wired for sound, John Nightingale dons face mask and oxygen tanks to retrieve the stories submerged in three extraordinary shipwrecks.
1: The Salcombe Gold Wreck. In 1995 a team of divers uncovered a hoard of gold coins, jewellery and other artefacts from a shipwreck off the Devon coast. The ship dates from the first half of the 17th century, but was she a Dutch merchant vessel or one of the many Moroccan pirate ships that used to raid the south-west of England for women and slaves? Producer Tim Malyon

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Unknown:
John Nightingale
Producer:
Tim Malyon

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