Steven Ellis

@Essex_Historian @JoButterfly888 @MickyJohnWalker @SaveTheLondon Sadly, another local historian friend mentions the same.

The London exhibition at the Southend Museum. A 74 gun warship contructed in 1656 she is best known as the vessel which conveyed James, Duke of York to England on The Restoration. In 1665 in the Thames Estuary, she was was lost to a catastrophic explosion; 300 crew were lost.

@MickyJohnWalker @SaveTheLondon The Nautical Archaeology Society thinks so, by doing it like Chinese did in raising the Nanhai 1 wreck completely in a box and then building a museum over the top of it. If ever there was the money available to do it.

@StevenEllis3 @SaveTheLondon If everything was in place (money, resources, sea/tidal conditions etc.) is she a vessel it would be feasible to raise?

As an advocational archaeologist, it's a real privilege to dive on such a historic wreck, comparable to the Mary Rose and the Vasa. #savethelondon #historicengland #divemasterinsurance #dpworld #nauticalarchaeoloysociety #heritageatrisk bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

It's not easy trying to fathom what things are at the bottom of the Thames Estuary, whilst diving out on the #Londonwreck1665, in almost zero visibility. At first, I dismissed these surface-exposed 360-year old tallow candles as modern-day debris, until I took a real close look.

As part of the volunteer dive team to the #Londonwreck1665. We're so thankful to our sponsors @DiveMasterIns #DPWORLD and supporters of the @SaveTheLondon, for getting us back out on the water to continue to record, and monitor this high at risk 17th-century historic wreck site.

They are indeed back on the Thames, or should we say they are back "under" the Thames. Diving to save artefacts from destruction is underway thanks to the generosity of the public as well as support of @DiveMasterIns and @DPWorldUK #LondonShipwreckProject #SaveTheLondon

URGENT & IMPORTANT - PLEASE SIGN THE FOLLOWING PETITION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE - Give fans more tickets for National League final at Wembley - Sign the Petition! chng.it/52NfTTT9Gt via @UKChange

Sign this petition to give Southend United and Oldham Athletic fans more tickets for Wembley Let's show how much this match means to two fantastic football clubs whose supporters deserve so much more Sign here: echo-news.co.uk/sport/25188852… echo-news.co.uk/sport/25188852…

Dear @SadiqKhan @TheVanaramaNL @TfL Oldham play Southend on June 1st at Wembley for a place back in the Football League. Both clubs have huge numbers who want to attend and support their team, just like Palace, City, Forest, Villa and Liverpool fans have this season without issue. Because of engineering works the suggestion is a restriction on numbers as Wembley Park station will be closed. This is neither the fault of either club and the proposed cap on supporters, many of whom will be visiting Wembley for the first and maybe last time are being unfairly punished. The record for a NL playoff final is 47,000. It's safe to say that without restrictions this record would be broken, but any cap would not only be unfair to supporters who don't often get the opportunity for a Wembley day out but would probably not be implemented would this be a Premier League or England national team game. Clubs in the pyramid need every opportunity they can get to shine, compete and grow their supporter base and Wembley is always an opportunity to do so, along with stimulating support in the communities of Oldham and Southend respectively. Mr Mayor, as we have followed each other for some time on here, I'd be more than happy to set out a thousand reasons why it is important for both clubs to be fully represented at Wembley, and should only be afforded the same privilege as any club, namely to "fill the damn place". National League and EFL clubs are hamstrung enough in this day and age where the top of the pyramid rules, I hope between you you could find a sensible solution to allow Oldham Athletic and Southend United supporters their day too. Stan Collymore.

The #Londonwreck1665 volunteer dive team would like to say a massive thanks to the supporters for their generous donations. It's great to know there are people who's passionate, as us in trying to save our maritime heritage before it's completely lost forever. Big thanks again.

Holy cow.....we made it to 100% Thank you to everyone involved in supporting the appeal to get the London shipwreck volunteers back on the #Thames Without your support we would have risked zero visits to the #HeritageAtRisk #ProtectedWreck this year. The team thanks you all !

#OTD in 1665. The London warship, flagship to Sir John Lawson accidentally exploded out in the Thames Estuary, whilst in preparation for the Second Anglo-Dutch War. The sad loss was mentioned by Samuel Pepys, about 24 men and a lady were saved, the rest being about 300 drowned.

@HistorySouthend @Bullpup2 Chris, we'd really love you to be there!

@Bullpup2 I’d love to support the Trust, but a sadly, I don’t think I’d be particularly welcome by the staff on-site 😉

On this day in 1965 Sir Winston Churchill passed away aged 90. Here he is boarding his train following a visit to Shoeburyness Garrison in 1941.

Happy to announce a great line-up of speakers for #DiscoverTheLondon in #Southend on the 9th March. With @SouthendMuseums, @StevenEllis3, @Basiliscoe, @MuseumCromwell, and Richard Endsor And not forgetting @TheSilverD eventbrite.co.uk/e/discover-the… @SouthendCityC @FriendsSouthend

Our 5th #DiscoverTheLondon #shipwreck event is back in #Southend on the 9th March, at the @BeecroftGallery with @SouthendMuseums @StevenEllis3 @shantydarlings and much more. Tickets only £5.00. All proceeds used to #SaveTheLondon eventbrite.co.uk/e/discover-the…

It's a real privilege to be on #DiggingforBritain tonight. Thanks to @theAliceRoberts and @RareTelevision, helping to raise awareness of the plight of the #Londonwreck1665. Also, to everyone who makes it possible for the volunteers to dive this fascinating historic wreck site.

Thanks for all for your support for #SaveTheLondon over 2024. Your generosity has raised an amazing £4,048 to support the volunteer divers efforts on the #ProtectedWreck in the #Thames 🙏🙏 @NautArchSoc @StevenEllis3 @LondonPortAuth @DP_World @SouthendCityC @SouthendMuseums

There's a little article in the Guardian about someone's slight obsession with the Historic wreck of the #Londonwreck1665. However, it couldn't have happened without all of the team's effort and the supporters of the @SaveTheLondon campaign. theguardian.com/environment/20…

At this year's conference, come and say hello to us at the #Londonwreck1665 stand. As licensed volunteer divers, we'd love to share our experiences out on this most challenging of wreck sites.