Acknowledgements
JMB would like to thank Colin Tebbs for his Royal Air Force 1985 Sub-Aqua Ascension Island Expedition Report; and the late Edward Cumming for his information on the three East Indiamen lost off the Dorset coast.
Disclosure Statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
Author Contributions
JMB wrote the text; JD conducted the analyses.
Permission Statement
The recovered materials were declared to the British Receiver of Wreck and released to JMB in lieu of a salvage award. They remain in JMB’s possession.