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Rill Cove Wreck
49.9760° N, -5.2410° E
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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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Protection designation
13 February 1976
Coins stamped under Philip II
1555–1598
Coins stamped under Philip III
1598–1603/5
Probable wrecking of vessel
c. 1616
Association with Lizard Silver Wreck
1619
Discovery of the site
1969
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