Newsademic British English edition 260

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15th October 2015 
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Today, the island o f Santiago is 
home to 250,000 people. However, 
the scientists say another collapse 
o f the Fogo volcano is not likely for 
thousands o f years. □
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A historian in the UK believes that 
he has discovered the wreck o f a 
600-year-old warship. He suspects 
that it is the 
H oligost
(Holy Ghost). 
This was one o f four ‘great ships’ 
that were built for King Henry the 
Fifth’s navy. The ships took part in a 
war against France.
Henry the Fifth was born in 
1387. He became King o f England 
in 1413. He died at the age o f 35 
in 1422. Henry was involved in the 
Hundred Years’ War (1337 - 1453), 
which was between England and 
France. During the war, he frequent­
ly led the English army. H enry’s 
most famous victory was the Bat­
tle o f Agincourt in 1415. This was 
in northern France. H enry’s small 
army o f archers beat a much larger 
force o f French knights.
Painting o f navy ships from the time o f Henry the Fifth
The Battle o f Agincourt took 
place on 25th October. The govern­
ment o f the UK and many historical 
organisations have been preparing 
to celebrate this battle’s 600th anni­
versary. William Shakespeare (1564
- 1616) wrote a play called ‘Henry 
the Fifth’. In the play, Henry makes 
a speech just before the Battle o f Ag­
incourt begins. O f all Shakespeare’s 
written works, this speech is one of 
the most famous.
M ud banks o f the R iver Ham ble (James O Davies)
H enry’s four great ships were 
built between 1415 and 1420. They 
were called the 
Holigost,
the 
Trin­
ity Royal,
the 
Jesus,
and the 
Grace
Dieu.
The 
H oligost
was originally 
a Spanish trading ship that the Eng­
lish had captured. Henry arranged 
for it to be rebuilt and renamed. The 
ship had one mast and was about 
30 metres (98 feet) long. It had a 
crew o f 200 and carried many sol­
diers. Then, ships did not normally 
carry large guns. Yet the 
Holigost
had seven. The ship took part in two 
successful naval battles. One was in 
1415 and the other two years later.
Together with the 
Grace D ieu
, 
the 
Holigost
was docked on the 
River Hamble. This is close to 
Southampton, which is one o f the 
biggest ports on the U K ’s southern 
coast. Historical records say that the 
two ships gradually fell into disre­
pair. Pieces o f wood and nails were 
taken from the 
H oligost
to be used 
elsewhere. In 1452 a report said that 
the ship was ‘sunk and broken’. In 
1439 the 
Grace Dieu
was said to be 
‘struck by lightning and burnt’.
In the 1900s it was known that 
there was a large wreck under the 
mud on the banks o f the River Ham-
ble. However, this was thought to be 
the wreck o f a fairly recent Danish 
ship. The wreck was investigated in 
1933. It was then discovered that it 
was the wooden remains o f the hull 
o f the 
Grace D ieu
. This ship was 
twice as big as the 
H oligost
.
The historian has been writ­
ing a book about Henry the Fifth’s 
navy. He decided to look at some 
old aerial photographs o f the area 
o f the River Hamble. He noticed 
that there was a shape on the river’s 
mud banks that looked like a ship. 
It is not far from where the wreck 
o f the 
Grace Dieu
was discovered. 
He says that this is likely to be the 
Holigost
. Plans are now being made 
to investigate the site. □
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