Yarmouth Roads Wreck

The remains of a late sixteenth or early seventeenth century carrack was discovered in Yarmouth Roads, Isle of Wight, England in 1984.

It is constructed using carvel planking with iron fastenings and believed to have been up to 32m in length.

Artefacts from the site include stone shot, Italian ceramics, copper alloy scraps, pewter plates and spoons, a bronze mortar.

[1] The site was found in 1984 while divers were searching for the source of Roman pottery that had been dredged up by local fishermen.

A petition by a Spanish Merchant to the High Court Admiralty in 1567 requested the return of salvaged wool from his vessel, the Santa Maria, lost off Yarmouth in 1567.