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In January 2007, the MSC Napoli ran aground, spilling its cargo on Branscombe beach in Devon. Author Bella Bathurst discovers the history of 'wrecking'.
In January 2007, the MSC Napoli ran aground, spilling its cargo on Branscombe beach in Devon. The public were delighted, but the authorities were determined to police opportunists. Looters of the Napoli were reviving a centuries' old tradition: 'wrecking'. Author Bella Bathurst discovers the social history of a national crime.
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