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Rill Cove Wreck

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Coastline west of Kynance Cove geograph.org.uk 631244
Coastline west of Kynance Cove geograph.org.uk 631244

The Rill Cove Wreck is an underwater wreck of a 16th-century Spanish cargo ship lying off the coast of Rill Cove, west of Kynance Cove, in Cornwall, England, UK. The remains of a cargo vessel were first found off Rill Cove, Cornwall in 1969. The site was designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act on 13 February 1976. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England.This wreck has also been identified by some as the Lizard Silver Wreck, a celebrated 1619 wreck off nearby Lizard Point, but this is disputed.

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N 49.976 ° E -5.241 °
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Soapy Valley


TR12 7PJ , Mullion
England, United Kingdom
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