Shipwrecks

Odyssey Marine surrenders ‘Black Swan’ treasure to Spain

Pete Baker on February 25, 2012, 4:10 pm

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It looks as if the 5 year legal battle between US company Odyssey Marine Exploration and the Spanish government over the ‘Black Swan’ treasure is finally coming to an end. As I mentioned previously Browsing through the Odyssey Marine press archive brings an update on their previous big find. Also mentioned in my earlier post Odyssey is currently being sued by the Spanish government over a previous treasure of “17 tonnes of silver coins plus a few hundred gold coins”, …

Odyssey Marine to recover Victory, but lose ‘Black Swan’ treasure

Pete Baker on February 2, 2012, 5:08 pm

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Last seen somewhere off the Irish coast, US company Odyssey Marine Exploration have announced that they have “executed an agreement with the Maritime Heritage Foundation for the financing, archaeological survey and excavation, conservation and exhibit of HMS Victory (1744) and artifacts from the shipwreck site.” That’s Admiral Balchin’s HMS Victory – a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line lost in 1744 in the English Channel. It confirms an earlier report in the Sunday Times. There may be four tonnes of gold …

Odyssey Marine confirm site of shipwreck containing 200 tonnes of silver 300 miles off Irish coast

Pete Baker on September 26, 2011, 10:11 pm

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As the BBC report, the US company Odyssey Marine Exploration have confirmed “the identity and location of the shipwreck site of the SS Gairsoppa nearly 4,700 meters below the surface of the North Atlantic, approximately 300 miles off the coast of Ireland in international waters.” And if the historical records and research are correct, the wreck contains 7 million total ounces [200 tonnes] of silver. Worth £600,000 when the ship was torpedoed by a German U-boat and sank in 1941, the silver hoard is …