HMS Lutine (1779) anchor but no treasure. In 1913 the two bower anchors, carried at the ship's bow, each weighing were recovered and put on display in Amsterdam. Consideration was given by Lloyd's to setting the anchors up as a monument behind the Royal Exchange in place of a statue to Sir Robert Peel, but this was not carried out and only the wooden stocks, marked "Lutine" were forwarded to Lloyd's. Reportedly the outbreak of World War I prevented another salvage attempt. In 1933 an attempt was made to salvage the reported treasure, but was stopped when the salvage bell was wrecked by
HMS Lutine (1779) HMS Lutine (1779) Lutine was a frigate which served in both the French Navy and the Royal Navy. She was launched by the French in 1779. The ship passed to British control in 1793 and was taken into service as HMS "Lutine". She sank among the West Frisian Islands during a storm in 1799. She was built as a French with 32 guns, and was launched at Toulon in 1779. During the French Revolution, "Lutine" came under French Royalist control. On 18 December 1793, she was one of sixteen ships handed over to a British fleet at the end of