[george76]

The ship was the largest and, with 110 brass cannons, the most heavily armed vessel of its day.

It was the inspiration for the HMS Victory famously commanded by Adm. Horatio Nelson decades later.

[rabidralph]

Cool, I love stories about sunken treasure and salvage.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Whatever they do, hopefully the won’t invite Whorealdo to help.

[mass55th]

Discovery Channel is showing Treasure Quest on Wednesday nights. It features the Odyssey team and their search for this ship. They’ve been calling the ship The Legacy in the program, until they were sure they had actually verified the ship’s identification.

[NonValueAdded]

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[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Am I the only one who thinks this is akin to grave robbery? Is the only thing protecting the wrecks of say, the Hood and the Arizona from similar treatment the mere factor of time elapsed?
Perhaps when the two world wars have gone beyond living memory, we can dig up all those war cemeteries and rip out the gold teeth from the skulls of the glorious dead.... Cher CHING!!! $$$$