John Coleman, from Benfleet in Essex, said he retrieved the large piece of copper sheathing from HMS Bounty in the Pitcairn Islands in 1973. He displayed the impressive find - patinated with ...

Then-RAF chief technician John Coleman, from Benfleet, initially salvaged the 237-year-old relic from the wreckage of the HMS Bounty at Pitcairn Island in 1973. He brought it back to England ...

John Coleman, from Benfleet in Essex, said he retrieved the large piece of copper sheathing from HMS Bounty in the Pitcairn Islands in 1973. He displayed the impressive find - patinated with verdigris ...

The relic was salvaged from the wreckage of HMS Bounty at Pitcairn Island in 1973 by John Coleman, then an RAF chief technician despatched to Pitcairn from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire. During his ...

The discovery of the wreck of the HMS Victory was announced on 2 February by the explorers who found it off the Channel Islands, according to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural ...

They include HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Exeter which was involved in the River Plate battle against the Graf Spee, closely operating from the Falkland Islands ... of any wreck containing human ...