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The wreck of the Huntley at the Purton Ships Graveyard

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The wreck of the Huntley at the Purton Ships Graveyard
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The wreck of the Huntley at the Purton Ships Graveyard is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.
The Huntley was a 19th-century steam tug that sank in 1897 at Purton, Gloucestershire, after running aground on mudbanks during a storm. It was later moved to the Purton Ships Graveyard, where it remains as a local historical and archaeological feature.

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Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0