Shipwreck with 22 Tons of Gold Treasure Identified off Portugal Coast

Greek Reporter ^ | December 27, 2024 | Luis Mendoza

[FateAmenableToChange]

A lee shore, sometimes also called a leeward (/ˈljuːərd/ shore, or more commonly /ˈliːwərd/), is a nautical term to describe a stretch of shoreline that is to the lee side of a vessel—meaning the wind is blowing towards land. Its opposite, the shore on the windward side of the vessel, is called the weather or windward shore (/ˈwɪnərd/ or, more commonly, /ˈwɪndwərd/).

That made me think of Horatio Hornblower's first lieutenancy exam...there's always shoals to leeward in a lieutenancy exam apparently.

[Does so]

“...Because of the danger of being driven aground on a LEE shore”...
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To a casual observer, the LEE shore is the shoreline in the calmer “shadow” of the wind.

Once on board and driven against the rocks, it becomes THEIR lee shore.

[SMARTY]

I didn’t know that

[JParris]

I was making a smart a** remark...

If you look back through past several years, Spain has claimed just about every wreck found.

[Scrambler Bob]

The FBI protects our Civil War gold antiquities.

[DesertRhino]

“Last I read...if it’s a warship it belongs to that government.”

You’re correct... but there really should be a time limit on that. Especially after a few centuries.

[SunkenCiv]

Marine archaeologist Alexandre Monteiro has said that the coast of Portugal between the Azores and Madeira islands holds golden treasure-laden shipwrecks. This region is said to contain close to 8,620 ships, and 250 of them are said to hold a significant amount of gold treasure.

Thanks nickcarraway, and to all Happy New Year -- Drive Safe!

• Ancient shipwreck dating back at least 2,600 years is raised from waters off Spain [12/30/2024]

[rdl6989]

Another ship with the same name was lost in 1622 in the Dry Tortugas. That’s kind of interesting.

https://shiplib.org/index.php/shipwrecks/iberian-shipwrecks/spanish-and-the-new-world/nuestra-senora-del-rosario-1622/