sandbank

The 1,300-tonne ship set sail from Portsmouth to Bengal and China in 1805 but during a storm it struck a sandbank and floundered about a mile off the shores of Weymouth.

According to officials, the boat initially ran aground on a sandbank after setting off from Wimereux near Boulogne before continuing.

The ship which grounded on a sandbank near Sheerness, Kent in World War Two is decaying.

A stranded ship could remain stuck on a sandbank for several days after getting "caught out" while making a turn.

On a recent morning, Salas brushed dirt away from a palm-sized rock grinding tool that he found protruding from a sandbank.