‘Holy grail of shipwrecks’ found by robot submarine with treasure worth billions
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The 310-year-old wreck was a galleon of the Spanish Navy, known as San Jose, and was sunk by British warships in a battle off the coast of Cartagena, Colombia, in 1708, while carrying gold, silver and emeralds valued at $17billion (£13.49billion). In November 2015, Jeff Kaeli, a research engineer with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, confirmed he had found “the holy grail of shipwrecks” at the bottom of the Caribbean Sea. Bronze cannons engraved with dolphins – a telltale sign of its origin – were spotted thanks to the robot submarine Remus 6000 – which can dive nearly four miles and is equipped with sensors and cameras.
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Who owns the treasure? Columbia, spain or british? It's in columbia waters, but it was on spain vessel, and british has won the battle....
@Vicious-Retard Let's steal the emeralds!
