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The wreck of the Dutch trading ship as it was discovered on the seabed near Poole, Dorset.<br />
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A spectacular carving of the face of a moustachioed warrior today greeted archeologists as they raised part of a huge 17th century ship wreck in the English Channel. The intricate work of art was engraved into the 28ft long rudder section of the Dutch wooden trading ship that sunk off Poole, Dorset, in 1628. Its accidental discovery by a dredger led to six years of underwater investigations which prompted experts to hail the find as the most significant since the Mary Rose.