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250 Year-Old Shipwreck Could Hold Thousands of Litres of Rum
The Spirits Business ^ | 18th May, 2015 | Annie Hayes

Posted on 05/18/2015 6:26:51 PM PDT by DogByte6RER

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Shipwreck Could Hold Thousands of Litres of Rum

• Sunken British warship the Lord Clive could hold “treasure worth millions”, including “vast stocks” of 250-year-old rum which will be recovered later this year.

The wreck, which sunk off the coast of Uruguay, was discovered in 2004, but the Uruguyan government has only given permission for its recovery this year.

Salvage of the ship, which was sunk by Spanish cannons in 1763, will require cranes, excavators and around 80 workers and is expected to begin within two months.

The ship, which was constructed in Hull for the Royal Navy and was previously named HMS Kingston, was bought in 1762 by the East India Company for use in a military campaign in Spain, but sunk during its crusade.

After peace was declared, Spanish mariners left the area, but not before destroying the city wall and dumping the rocks on the vessel so it could not re-float.

Veteran Argentinian explorer Rubén Collado found the ship, and is now raising funds for the recovery.

The contents of the ship are unknown, as is whether the wreckage has been looted, but Collado believes it will still contain the gold coins, thousands of litres of rum, 64 bronze cannons and booty the crew had earlier seized from another ship.

When asked to value the contents of the ship, Collado told The Guardian: “You can’t really make a valuation. The canons should be US $64m altogether. The coins are worth US $5,000 to US $6,000 each and there are 100,000 of them, so just do the math.”


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; History; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ageofsail; archaeology; britishwarship; eastindiacompany; godsgravesglyphs; hmskingston; liquor; lordclive; oenology; rum; salvage; shipwreck; sunkentreasure; uruguay; warship; wreckage; zymurgy
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1 posted on 05/18/2015 6:26:51 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
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To: DogByte6RER

“The contents of the ship are unknown”


2 posted on 05/18/2015 6:28:13 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator

So that’s where my Drunken Red Snapper came from!!!


3 posted on 05/18/2015 6:29:29 PM PDT by 22202NOVA (Tagline? I don't need no stinking tagline!)
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To: DogByte6RER

But why is the rum gone?


4 posted on 05/18/2015 6:31:16 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: DogByte6RER
bought in 1762 by the East India Company for use in a military campaign in Spain, but sunk during its crusade.

Crusade?

5 posted on 05/18/2015 6:32:48 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("It's not easy being drunk all the time; everyone would do it, if it were easy.")
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To: DogByte6RER

When I drank, Rum was my choice.


6 posted on 05/18/2015 6:34:24 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: SunkenCiv

Pingeroo...


7 posted on 05/18/2015 6:40:20 PM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (The emperor < still > has no pedigree.)
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To: DogByte6RER; SunkenCiv

Ping to your list.


8 posted on 05/18/2015 6:40:34 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Alcoholic fish?


9 posted on 05/18/2015 6:41:25 PM PDT by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: DogByte6RER

Probably just the cheap rum they used to give sailors for their daily ration.


10 posted on 05/18/2015 6:42:13 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: DogByte6RER; windcliff; stylecouncilor

Thanks D.

w, s...ping....


11 posted on 05/18/2015 6:42:33 PM PDT by onedoug
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Sparrow rum photo:  tumblr_leh7dbxgMu1qg2yoho1_500.gif
12 posted on 05/18/2015 6:43:17 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: cripplecreek
When I drank, Rum was my choice.

I never have stopped drinking it. As I sit here in my rum induced semi-coma I would like to put my name as a potential purchaser of a bit of this wonderful treasure. Whom do I contact?

Arrrrh!!

13 posted on 05/18/2015 6:44:06 PM PDT by ProudFossil (" I never did give anyone hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell." Harry Truman)
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To: DogByte6RER

Wouldn’t it have to be in really cold water for the rum to be preserved?


14 posted on 05/18/2015 6:44:41 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: DogByte6RER
A 1651 document from Barbados stated, "The chief fuddling they make in the island is Rumbullion, alias Kill-Divil, and this is made of sugar canes distilled, a hot, hellish, and terrible liquor."

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

15 posted on 05/18/2015 6:45:33 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: ClearCase_guy

Aha! Nobody expects the Crusades....in 1762

16 posted on 05/18/2015 6:45:45 PM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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To: yarddog

Does anyone remember a movie about a ship full of whiskey running aground on one of the Western Scottish Outer Hebrides?

If I remember right the locals ended up with it all.


17 posted on 05/18/2015 6:49:23 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: yarddog

I would think that if the water is deep enough the temperature could remain 60 F or lower ... the rum may then have continued to age if in sealed tight bottles. But ... if the rum is in oak barrels I’m sure they would have rotted after all of this time.


18 posted on 05/18/2015 6:52:52 PM PDT by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: DogByte6RER

I’d be more interested in an 18th Century shipwreck full of Madeira


19 posted on 05/18/2015 6:55:47 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: DogByte6RER
Here's some music to ponder this story with:

   Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Rum

20 posted on 05/18/2015 6:57:53 PM PDT by Heart-Rest ("Woe to those who call evil good and good evil!" Isaiah 5:20)
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