Wooden remains of the Earl of Chatham, a British warship from 1749 that was used during the American Revolution, were discovered by a schoolboy on one of Scotland's Orkney Islands.

The wreckage of a ship dating back to 1749 has now been identified, after spending hundreds of years buried beneath the sand.

The HMS "Hind," later renamed the "Earl of Chatham," was a frigate in the British Royal Navy before it was repurposed as a ...

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With the help of archaeologists, the wreck was identified as the Earl of Chatham, which served in Canada during the Seven ...