The Nancy shipwreck of 1784 is 'found'
A shipwreck which has eluded treasure hunters for more than 200 years has been found, two divers have claimed.
The whereabouts of The Nancy, which sank off the western shores of the Isles of Scilly in 1784, has long remained a mystery.
The loss of the ship was all the more tragic because on board was Ann Cargill, a famous 18th century opera singer who was returning from India with her illegitimate child.
Her body - still clutching the baby - was recovered and then buried, but the wreck of the The Nancy was never traced.
Cargill, who made her name in Covent Garden and Drury Lane, was known for her colourful romantic life and eloped several times before heading to India to be with her latest love who was stationed in Calcutta with the British East India Company in 1783.
By now a wealthy women, she was sent home by Prime Minister William Pitt The Younger, who said "an actress should not be defiling the pure shores of India". On her death, she was said to be worth £200,000.
And yah, there is supposedly unrecovered treasure on the wreck.
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