Artefacts, video and 3D model tell tragic story of the Gloucester, which ran aground carrying future king

The remains of a 17th-century royal shipwreck will go on display in Norwich as part of an exhibition exploring its last voyage.

The Gloucester, sank off the Norfolk coast in 1682 while carrying the future king of England, Scotland and Ireland, James Stuart, then the Duke of York.

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