HMS Royal Anne Galley (1709)

She ran aground and was wrecked during a gale off Lizard Point, Cornwall, while she was travelling to the West Indies.

On 10 November 1721, HMS Royal Anne Galley was on a voyage from the UK to the West Indies with John Hamilton, 3rd Lord Belhaven and Stenton, the new Governor of Barbados on board, when bad weather forced the ship to return to port in Falmouth.

Before they could return, Royal Anne Galley was in the eye of the storm and she was wrecked on the Stag Rocks on Lizard Point, Cornwall.

[1][2][3] The wreck of the ship lies at (49°55′N 5°12′W / 49.917°N 5.200°W / 49.917; -5.200) and was found near Lizard Point by local diver called Robert Sherratt in the 1991.

Some artefacts that were raised includes cutlery bearing Lord Belhaven's family crest.

Polpeor Cove, and Stag Rocks. The path leads down to Pistil Meadow which is thought by some to be the burial site of the 198 (right side of the path) when the Galley was lost on the nearby rocks