Of possible interest to ECW gamers, "launched in 1654 with 54 guns and 280 crew, The Gloucester is the only surviving third-rate Cromwellian warship".
"Surviving" is an interesting word - but there certainly are bits of it that have been found on the sea bed!
The BBC have today been allowed to go public on the wreck, discovered in 2007 in International waters:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-61734192
Simon
I have heard about this, HMS Gloucester isn't the luckiest name to have in the Navy seemingly ? Stewart might be able to confirm that ?
Miles