Long-Lost Shipwreck Found After Nearly 140 Years

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A diver in the U.K. solved a maritime mystery after locating the ruins of a ship that sank nearly 140 years ago off the coast of England

Diver and explorer Dom Robinson located the wreckage of the 19th cargo century ship the SS Nantes after it sank in November 1888

Maritime experts were able to identify the shipwreck from a broken plate that the cargo ship was carrying when it sank

The ruins of a ship that sank over 100 years ago were recently discovered off of the coast of England, solving one of the U.K.'s long-standing shipwreck mysteries.

According to CNN and the BBC , diver and explorer Dom Robinson located the wreckage of the 19th century ship the SS Nantes, which sank off the coast of Cornwall in November 1888.

Robinson, who first shared the story of how he lo