A royal warship that sank off the east coast of Britain more than 300 years ago while carrying a future king was unveiled by researchers on Friday who kept the discovery secret for 15 years to protect the wreck from damage. In 1682, King James II of England, who was the Duke of York at the time, managed to narrowly escape the sinking ship named "The Gloucester" which went down off the coast of eastern England after hitting a sandbank. He became king of England, and King James VII of Scotland three years later. A pulley block is exposed on the seabed underwater from the shipwreck of HMS Gloucester, which sank 340 years ago while carrying King of England, James Stuart, and was discovered off the coast of Norfolk, Britain July 25, 2018. Norfolk Historic Shipwrecks/Handout via REUTERS ...
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