The ship, the fourth of six HMS Victories, sunk with its 1,150 sailors in October 1744 around The Casquets, a group of rocks off the Channel Islands. Among other valuable artefacts, it is thought to contain 100,000 gold coins.
After months of secrecy, Odyssey Marine Exploration, a US company, is expected to confirm on Monday that the ship, codenamed "Legend", that it found in the area in May last year is in fact the Victory. The team also found the HMS Sussex in the Strait of Gibraltar in 2007 along with its $500million haul.
The announcement, at a press conference at Canary Wharf in London, is set to open a row over the contents of the ship, which is thought to be lying in international waters. Because it is a military wreck, the ship is protected by "sovereign immunity" and belongs to the state.
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It's good that some of the ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by long island girl | February 4, 2009 11:09 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It's good that some of the items are still seen. It is a great achievement to be able to recover some of the items. It doesn't only remain as an ordinary thing but a memory of the incident and the people that will be seen by a lot of people.
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