Archaeology Dig 2006: HM Fireship Firebrand (United Kingdom)

Bristol University's underwater field school will be the examination and recording of the wreck of the Fireship Firebrand. Firebrand was launched at Limehouse in 1694 and served in the Caribbean and Mediterranean. Returning from Gibraltar, she sank off the Isles of Scilly in October 1707 (along with HMS Association, HMS Eagle, and HMS Romney) as a consequence of navigational error. Running for two weeks between Saturday 22 July and Monday 7 August 2006, the nine students of the field school will be led by Kimberly Monk of the University of Bristol, assisted by Kevin Camidge, a freelance maritime archaeologist from Penzance and Martin Read, a conservator from the University of Plymouth.

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