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A 40-foot-long (12-meter-long) Latvian shipwreck has been found on a beach near the country’s capital, Riga. Might this be the ghostly remains of a lost British Royal Navy warship? Or perhaps, it’s a long-distance tropics trading ship? The oak planks of the Latvian shipwreck were found on Daugavgrīva beach on the Baltic Sea at the mouth of the River Daugava on the edge of Latvia’s capital city, Riga. While the identity of the ship is currently unknown, the presence of copper nails in her hull suggests it was a 19th-century British Royal Navy warship. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"90863","attributes":{"alt":"The remains of the oak timber Latvian shipwreck found near Riga is it emerged from the beach where it was discovered. (Rigas Brivosta)","class":"media-image","height":"458","style":"width: 610px; height: 458px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"610"}}]]