Metta Catharina Exhibition

Treasures from 18th century ship wreck in Mount Edgcumbe collection

Monty Halls, TV presenter, marine biologist, travel writer and diver, will host the launch of the Metta Catharina Exhibition at Mount Edgcumbe House.

The Metta Catharina, a Danish brigantine en route from St Petersburg in Russia to Genoa in Northern Italy was caught by a fierce storm in the English Channel in December 1786. She found shelter from the South Westerly’s just off Mount...