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US treasure hunters ready to snatch gold from the jaws of Victory
The Telegraph ^ | Jan 5, 2013 | Victoria Ward

Posted on 01/05/2013 9:26:51 AM PST by KeyLargo

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To: Scoutmaster
Tell that to Mel Fisher.

Nah, I'm just telling it to you since you brought it up.........

21 posted on 01/05/2013 2:33:36 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Jab her with a harpoon.....)
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To: KeyLargo

The salvage crew gets to keep a nice percentage of what they find, and the Brits get to keep some — especially the cultural stuff.

Sounds like a pretty fair deal all around.


22 posted on 01/05/2013 2:35:49 PM PST by DNME (Without the Constitution, there is no legitimate U.S. government. Period.)
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To: kabumpo

The Brits could easily have avoided the whole thing had they been willing to fund the exploration........but they didn’t.


23 posted on 01/05/2013 2:42:45 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Jab her with a harpoon.....)
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To: the scotsman
You honestly telling me no Americans would have a problem with a UK company raising the wreck of a famous American ship which lay right off the coast of the United States and keeping most of the loot?. Yeah right.

Fair point. Did the UK have any role in authorizing the search, or does the wreck lay in international waters? I'm not sure how that works where the Channel is concerned.

24 posted on 01/05/2013 3:11:14 PM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: KeyLargo; Pharmboy; nickcarraway

 GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother & Ernest_at_the_Beach
Thanks KeyLargo.
...leading archaeologists and descendants of the crew... said that allowing HMS Victory, predecessor to Nelson’s flagship, to be exploited for commercial gain would be a “flagrant breach” of the military covenant and an “appalling betrayal” of more than 1,000 Royal Navy sailors who died... discovered... in 2008, 264 years after it sank in a storm off the Channel Islands... gold worth hundreds of millions of pounds as well as 100 bronze cannon... Lord Lingfield, formerly Sir Robert Balchin , a descendant of Admiral Sir John Balchen, the ship’s commander, founded the Maritime Heritage Foundation for the purpose [of recovery]
Just adding to the catalog, not sending a general distribution.

To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.


25 posted on 01/05/2013 3:46:43 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: TexasRepublic; Boogieman; Thombo2; RitchieAprile; SaxxonWoods; AtlasStalled; ozzymandus; ...

/bingo


26 posted on 01/05/2013 3:56:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: kabumpo; KeyLargo

> The Channel Islands are in British territory.

Actually, no they’re not. The UK handles their foreign policy, which is basically non-existent, apart from little inconveniences such as the German occupation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Islands

[snip] They are considered the remnants of the Duchy of Normandy, and are not part of the United Kingdom. [/snip]


27 posted on 01/05/2013 3:56:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: TexasRepublic
Finders keepers. Those that could would. Go suck a lemon.

International law holds that title to the wreck of a warship remains in the Sovereign whose flag it flew, it is very different from merchant ships.

28 posted on 01/05/2013 3:59:04 PM PST by Pilsner
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http://www.visitchannelislands.com/


29 posted on 01/05/2013 3:59:14 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: Hot Tabasco
Mel's dead anyway, so we can keep it between ourselves.

At least the part that the State of Florida didn't get.

30 posted on 01/05/2013 4:09:10 PM PST by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks for the ping. Seems to me that this is the Brits’ property.


31 posted on 01/05/2013 7:07:34 PM PST by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: the scotsman; SunkenCiv
Everyone should read the article.

1. A British charity is conducting the salvage pursuant to a plan approved by the British government.

2. The British charity hired a U.S. company to do the salvage. The arrangement is basically a contingency fee. If the company finds enough value, it makes a profit. If it finds nothing, it has lost millions. The Brits get cultural artifacts and what of the ship that can be salvaged.

3. I doubt there is a company in the UK that has this kind of highly specialized expertise.

32 posted on 01/09/2013 3:37:03 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker

Thanks ct!


33 posted on 01/09/2013 5:12:44 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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