London Daily Mail: Archaeologists discover wreck of HMS Prince which sank off Ukraine coast during Crimean War
The HMS Prince sank in a storm near the port of Balaclava during the Crimean War in 1854, killing 144 of its crew

London Daily Mail: Archaeologists discover wreck of HMS Prince which sank off Ukraine coast during Crimean War

Mar 18, 2010 at 08:21
Archaeologists say they have discovered the wreck of HMS Prince, a British naval vessel which sank near the port of Balaclava during the Crimean War. Some 144 men on board the ship were killed after it sank during a storm in November 1854 and thousands of badly needed winter uniforms were also lost. Although underwater expeditions have previously found parts of the ship, this is the first positive identification of the vessel. Read the story here.

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