A cargo of rare ceramics crockeries from a 19th-century shipwreck has been listed for protection in a significant development. The shipwreck found in Kent has been protected for 167 years. The wreck was deciphered in 2018.
Josephine Willis was on its way to New Zealand from Britain when it sank. The 1854-built ship was made in Limehouse by HH Willis & Co. On February 3, 1856, the ship sank after it collided with the Mangerton steamer, taking the lives of 70 people, including the captain, Edward...