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MONUMENT NO. 1549573

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Possible remains of 1696 wreck of French privateer, formerly an English ketch, as evidenced by a cannon of around 1650 which was recovered from the Gull Rock, Nare Head area. The cannon is a 6pdr of Swedish design and is thought to have belonged to the SCARBOROUGH ketch, which was captured by the French in 1694, turned into a French privateer, and lost shortly after being recaptured by the English in 1696, but this identification is not necessarily conclusive, given the paucity of surviving records for 17th century shipwrecks. Should this cannon have come from a wreck, at this date the vessel concerned would have been a sailing vessel, constructed of wood, and in this location would most likely have struck the Gull Rock, and subsequently foundered. For the account of the wreck event relating to the SCARBOROUGH, please see 1225833. For another cannon apparently similarly retrieved from a shipwreck and now on display at Pendennis, please see 1549589.

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