the earl of abergavenny was not only a revolutionary design incorporating metal into its wooden frame to his identity lies in these gold cufflinks with the initials jw. they stand forjohn wordsworth. he was the brother of william wordsworth, the renowned romantic poet. william's grief overjohn's death changed his poetry forever. the ship lies in soft of water about a mile off the coast here in weymouth. but this isn't just a story about a huge loss of life. the vessel was also carrying 62 chests of silver bullion, worth around £7 million in today's money. the bullion has been lost to antiquity, but these artefacts have been recovered from a wreck that has today been given special protected status. the personal clutched from the perils of the deep. why is it important to remember this ship? this vessel is the finest and largest of the east india company ships, and the scheduling will enable it to be protected. it is quite unique. the government has worked with historic england to create this protected status. it means people can still dive on the wreck but must leave its contents in pl

the earl of abergavenny was not only a revolutionary design incorporating metal into its wooden frameial, too. the clue to his identity lies in these gold cufflinks with the initials jw. they stand forjohn wordsworth. he was the brother of william wordsworth, the renowned romantic poet. william's grief overjohn's death changed his poetry for ever. the ship lies in soft of water about a mile off the coast here in weymouth. but this isn't just a story about a huge loss of life. the vessel was also carrying 62 chests of silver bullion worth around £7 million in today's money. the bullion has been lost to antiquity, but these artefacts have been recovered from a wreck that has today been given special protected status. the personal clutched from the perils of the deep. why is it important to remember this ship? this vessel is the finest and largest of the east india company ships and the scheduling will enable it to be protected. it is quite unique. the government has worked with historic england to create this protected status. it means people can still dive on the wreck, but must leave

the earl of abergavenny, which was captained by the brother of the poet william wordsworth, struck ancan kennedy reports. this is the story of tragedy, great riches, heroism and poetry. and it all revolves around this ship, the earl of abergavenny, that floundered in these waters off dorset more than 200 years ago. yes, this is the maritime gallery in here. david carter has spent a0 years diving on the wreck of the vessel. he says it was en route from portsmouth to china when it hit a sandbank in a storm off the shores of weymouth. even by the standards of the day, just how big a tragedy was this? this was an enormous tragedy that went right across the country. 250 people died. it was human error. the conditions of the storm, of the night, and everything coming together, causing the perfect storm. the earl of abergavenny was not only a revolutionary design incorporating metal into its wooden frame, but the captain was someone special, too. the clue to his identity lies in these gold cufflinks with the initials jw. they stand forjohn wordsworth. he was the brother of william wordswort

the earl of abergavenny was not only a revolutionary design incorporating metal into its wooden frame lies in these gold cufflinks with the initials jw. they stand forjohn wordsworth. he was the brother of william wordsworth, the renowned romantic poet. william's grief over john's death changed his poetry for ever. the ship lies in soft of water about a mile off the coast here in weymouth. but this isn't just a story about a huge loss of life. the vessel was also carrying 62 chests of silver bullion worth around £7 million in today's money. the bullion has been lost to antiquity, but these artefacts have been recovered from a wreck that has today been given special protected status. the personal touched from the perils of the deep. why is it important to remember this ship? this vessel is the finest and largest of the east india company ships and the scheduling will enable it to be protected. it is quite unique. the government has worked with historic england to create this protected status. it means people can still dive on the wreck, but must leave its contents in place. a unique su

more than two centuries ago — in which around 250 people died — but now the wreck of the earl of abergavenny underwater site and look but not touch. the ship had set sail for china carrying many chests of silver bullion when a storm drove her into a sandbank off the coast of weymouth. her captain was the brother of the famous poet william wordsworth, who went on to express his grief in his poetry. thanks for watching newsday. in a few minutes we'll be back with business today where we will be talking about the economic consequences of the political situation injapan and a preview of numbers about the chinese economy see you soon. hello there! wednesday was a cloudier and fresher feel for most of us, but east anglia still clung on to some sunshine and some heat. 26 celsius was the high on wednesday afternoon in parts of suffolk. but the story will continue to change for thursday. under this influence of low pressure, some wet and windy weather will move its way into scotland and northern ireland. that will gradually sink its way south and east. as it bumps into high pressure, the rain will we

more than two centuries ago, in which around 250 people died, but now the wreck of the earl of abergavennyhe ship had set sail for china carrying many chests of silver bullion when a storm drove her into a sandbank off the coast of weymouth. her captain was the brother of the famous poet william wordsworth, who went on to express his grief in his poetry. this vessel is a unique little capsule of the east india company, that still remains on the sea bed of portland. it's one of the finest and largest of the east india company's ships that ever sailed. it was human error, the conditions of the storm on the night and everything coming together, causing the perfect storm. weather in a moment — just to say that we're hearing that aslef has announced train drivers are to vote on a new offer aimed at ending their long—running pay dispute — more than two years. we will have of course the latest on all of that on the bbc news at ten. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. for most of us a fresher field today but we still saw temperatures peaking at 25 degrees, 77 fahrenheit across east

the earl of abergavenny was not only a revolutionary design incorporating metal into its wooden framein these gold cufflinks with the initials jw. they stand forjohn wordsworth. he was the brother of william wordsworth, the renowned romantic poet. william's grief overjohn�*s death changed his poetry for ever. the ship lies in soft of water about a mile off the coast here in weymouth. but this isn't just a story about a huge loss of life. the vessel was also carrying 62 chests of silver bullion worth around £7 million in today's money. the bullion has been lost to antiquity, but these artefacts have been recovered from a wreck that has today been given special protected status. the personal clutched from the perils of the deep. why is it important to remember this ship? this vessel is the finest and largest of the east india company ships and the scheduling will enable it to be protected. it is quite unique. the government has worked with historic england to create this protected status. it means people can still dive on the wreck, but must leave its contents in place. a unique submerg