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German treasure hunters did a great finding
Filed Under (english, Historia) by Targenor on 02-01-2010
Tagged Under : British, ship, tradingship, wine, wreck
The wreck after the british ship Forbes, that sank in 1806 has been found outside the coast of Indonesia. A group of german divers has found gold, canons, kristalls, chinese porslin, and 1,5 tons of silvercoins and about 400 bottles of wine.
Forbes where a tradingship that had authority from the Brittish crown to attack other countrys ship. When it did sank it had recently sold a cargo of opium and iron in China and where going to Calcutta, on its way it attacked and plundred a Dutch ship. Then Forbes went on ground and sank in the sea between Borneo and Sumatra.
The cargo of the ship is belived to be worth atleast 70 miljons, which half goes to the Indonesian goverment the rest will be auktioned out to finance new treasurhunts.
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