Not really a geek item but kinda geeky in its way

A Reuters report from London for February 16 says that

[a] group of marine archaeologists may have solved one of the world's most enduring maritime mysteries - the final resting place of HMS Beagle in which Charles Darwin developed his landmark theory of evolution. ...

For such a famous ship, the Beagle has been frustratingly hard to find, having disappeared from sight more than a century ago.

But [Robert] Prescott [of the Beagle Ship Research Group], who is based at St Andrews University in Scotland, is confident they have found their quarry.

"We have followed a carefully researched trail that has led us to this berth," he said. ...

After the voyage, the Beagle - one of a type of ship that was the workhorse of the Royal Navy - was attached to Customs and Excise and was used to catch smugglers along the Essex coast.

Prescott's detective work found that for many years the Beagle was moored mid-stream on the River Roach and was home to successive families of coastguards.

Then in 1870, at the age of 50, the ship was sold to a local firm of scrap merchants and the record ceases.

But it is known that the firm had a small dock on the river, and it is at this long-lost dock that the scientists have found the outline of a ship they believe is the Beagle.

Nothing Earth-shattering, but kinda neat if it pans out. Sort of putting a coda to a piece of history.