The Fame was a Dutch merchant ship that wrecked in 1631. Parts of the ship resurfaced in 2013, but the hull had been missing for nearly four centuries.

In 1631, a Dutch merchant ship ran aground and broke its back on an infamous sandbank when entering the Swash Channel. Now, more than 400 years later, researchers believe they've finally found the ...

Archaeologists are excavating timbers from a suspected 17th Century shipwreck revealed on a beach after winter storms. The remains were discovered at the National Trust-owned Studland Bay, in Dorset, ...

Part of a historic shipwreck has been revealed on a beach in the wake of Storm Chandra. The exposed timbers were discovered at the National Trust-owned Studland Bay, in Dorset, on 28 January. Maritime ...

Winter storms along the Dorset coast have exposed wooden timbers that maritime archaeologists believe belong to a merchant vessel lost nearly four centuries ago. Bournemouth University researchers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Historical records suggest the wreck was of Dutch or German origin – likely ‘The Fame’ from Hoorn, a Dutch merchant ship that ran ...

For nearly 400 years, the hull of a wrecked Dutch merchant ship sat buried in the sand at the bottom of the Swash Channel in southern England. At long last, though, a recent storm jarred pieces of the ...

A lost portion of a 1631 shipwreck washed ashore in southern England. Portions of the Dutch merchant ship known as The Fame were first excavated in 2013, but the hull of the ship was missing. Once ...