

A Spanish Armada Expedition
April 1968; Ray Millman, one of the divers searching for the wreckage of the 'Santa Maria de la Rose', a treasure ship from the Spanish Armada that sank in a storm in September, 1588. Mr Sydney Wignall, a Welsh businessman, had been searching the sea bed near the Blasket Islands for the 945 ton vessel. There was fierce competition between Mr Wignall's team and St Helen's Underwater Group, a Lancashire diving club, to find the treasure ship.
Photo ID: HWS016
Created: April 01, 1968
Author: © Padraig & Joan Kennelly/Kennelly Archive
© Kennelly Archive
Photo size: 21.8 Mpixels (62.4 MB uncompressed) - 3727x5850 pixels (12.4x19.5 in / 31.6x49.5 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: 1968, Co. Kerry, Dunquin, Expeditions, Ireland, News, Related Images 680080, Sixties, Treasure Ships

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