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Elizabeth's Armada

This ambitious project involves raising armaments from an Elizabethan warship wreck off the coast of Alderney, before restoring them at the Tower of London. Experts will then build replicas and fire them. We will follow it all on this website, offering behind the scenes video and regular updates of this intriguing journey.

Elizabeth's Armada

Daily news from the dive

News - updates from the dive

Timewatch has a dedicated behind the scenes crew capturing exclusive highlights of this challenging four-stage mission to reveal the secrets that lie within the Elizabethan wreck. Follow our daily updates from Alderney and beyond, as the crew brings the 400-year-old armoury back to life.

A visual insight to the mission

Views - A visual insight to the mission

Watch video from behind the scenes of the forthcoming Timewatch programme, and take a journey through our image galleries for an inside look at some of the amazing artefacts that have surfaced from the dive.

Overview of the mission

In depth - an overview of the mission

Over the next few months, Timewatch will endeavour to gain answers from the 400-year old wreck to determine just how much punch the Elizabethan navy really packed. The history of this famous warship discovered by Alderney fisherman Bertie Cosheril, when he was retrieving lobster pots in April 1977, will be revealed across four key stages that will form the basis of this intriguing Timewatch production.


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