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Description: | The maritime collection is unusually strong for a local museum, as a result of the museums rights over the 16th century wreck, thought to be a Venetian trading vessel, lying off Teignmouth Church Rocks. Diving on the wreck has produced many interesting artefacts which are in the museum including bronze cannons and shot; a cooking pot; animal bones; a collection of iron chains; copper pots; and pottery. There are also research papers written about the wreck.
There is also a gun raised from the wreck of the Peronne, a ship sunk off Teignmouth during the First World War. Other artefacts represent the local lifeboat, coastguard service and fishing industry. | Subjects: | Maritime | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | 29 French Street
Teignmouth,
TQ14 8ST | Telephone: | 01626 777 041 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:2721 | Go to resource |
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