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Coffin find by frogmen

(N.Z. Press Assn —Copyright) PANAMA, Sept. 9. Frogmen exploring the waters of Portobelo Bay, in eastern Panama, have found .a metal coffin they think may contain the remains of Sir Francis Drake, the Elizabethan navigator and hero of the destruction of the Spanish Armada in 1588, Agence France-Presse reports. Sir Francis, who circumnavigated the world in 15701580, died in 1596 during an attack on a Spanish garrison at Portobelo. The coffin will be opened in Portobelo later today by Panamanian officials.

The frogmen, from Britain and Panama, have been making dives for a British marine archaeological research group sponsored by Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33944, 10 September 1975, Page 17

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Coffin find by frogmen Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33944, 10 September 1975, Page 17

Coffin find by frogmen Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33944, 10 September 1975, Page 17