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.
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