Wreck of Ship That Almost Killed King James II Found off English Coast

Brothers Julian and Lincoln Barnwell measuring a cannon near the wreck of HMS Gloucester, which was found off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom, in an undated photo issued on June 10, 2022. Norfolk Historic Shipwrecks/PA

The wreck of a 17th century ship that almost cost the life of the future King James II when it sank has been found off the east coast of England.

HMS Gloucester sank in the North Sea in 1682 and the wreck has now been discovered 28 miles off the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk.