Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:A shipwreck located by a young boy in February of 2024 has finally been identified. Experts and community volunteers combined to discover the ship was once the British Royal Navy’s HMS Hind, later turned whaler. It also kickstarted a research project in which experts and volunteers searched side by side for insight to the ship’s history. “The discovery of the Sanday Wreck is a rare and fascinating story,” Alison Turnbull, director of external relationships and partnerships at HES, said in a statement. “Throughout this project, we have learned so much about the wreck,” Saunders said, “but also about the community in Sanday in the 1780s.”