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Subject: DIVERS GETTING CLOSE TO KING CHARLES' HOARD
From: "JR Oldroyd" <jr@op*.co*>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 93 06:28:00 EDT

DIVERS GETTING CLOSE TO KING CHARLES' HOARD                 YJAU
    LONDON (REUTER) - DIVERS OFF SCOTLAND BELIEVE THEY ARE ON
THE TRACK OF A SHIP THAT SUNK IN A STORM THREE CENTURIES AGO 
CARRYING TREASURES BELONGING TO KING CHARLES I.
    THE GLOBAL EXPLORATION CHARLES I PROJECT, INVOLVING DIVERS
FROM THE UNITED STATES AND LEADING MARINE ARCHAEOLOGISTS FROM
SCOTLAND, HAS FOUND ARTEFACTS IN THE FIRTH OF FORTH THAT GIVE 
TANTALISING CLUES TO THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE ROYAL WRECK.
    CHARLES I, BEHEADED IN 1649 AFTER THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR,
TOURED SCOTLAND IN 1633 AFTER HIS CORONATION AT HOLYROOD,  
EDINBURGH. A BAGGAGE SHIP CARRYING GIFTS FROM LOCAL NOBLEMEN
AND 60 DAYS' WORTH OF SUPPLIES CAPSIZED AND SANK. 
20-AUG-0444. HHK330 H20157804 NEVP
                                             ENDS

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