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Ingot recovered from wreck that killed William Wordsworth’s brother to be sold

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Ingot recovered from wreck that killed William Wordsworth’s brother to be sold

The loss of his brother John when the HMS Abergavenny sank in 1805 inspired the famous poet to write three elegies to help him cope with his grief.

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