Timbers from 17th-century shipwreck wash up on beach after Storm Chandra
How timbers from a 17th century shipwreck washed up on a UK beach
- Timbers believed to be from a historic 17th-century shipwreck have washed up on Studland Beach in the UK following Storm Chandra.
- The ship parts, discovered last month, are thought to be a section of the Swash Channel wreck, first found in the 1990s near Poole Harbour.
- Historical records suggest the wreck is of Dutch or German origin, likely 'The Fame', a Dutch merchant ship that ran aground and sank in 1631.
- Marine archaeologists from Bournemouth University identified the six-metre-long timbers, believing they could be a previously missing hull section of the vessel.
- Dendrochronology testing will confirm the timbers' origin, which, if from the protected Swash Channel wreck, will join the collection at Poole Museum.
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