Researchers in the United Kingdom believe they've finally identified a shipwreck off England's southern coast — a discovery three decades in the making.
At the time, divers recovered more than 400 Moroccan gold coins — but there was no clue as to what the ship was called and where it came from.
Researchers have identified it as the Dutch trading ship Dom van Keulen, a vessel that left Morocco for the Netherlands in the fall of 1633.
At the time, the ship "sprang a leak and sank," according to the university's news release. All crew members survived by swimming furiously to shore while avoiding hungry sharks.
The wreck site measures about 98 feet long and rests roughly 59 feet below the surface, where cannons, anchors and other artifacts are still scattered across the seabed.
Dave Parham, a professor of maritime archaeology at Bournemouth University and co-editor of the book, said the ship was carrying 150 bags of gum arabic, 64 bags of saltpeter, 320 goat skins and 9,000 Barbary ducats, or Moroccan gold coins.
Be helpful to know the stroke they used to avoid hungry sharks.
ReplyDeleteSounds like the manifest if the Irish Rover:
ReplyDeleteWe had five million hogs, and six million dogs
Seven million barrels of porter
We had eight million bails of old nanny-goats' tails
In the hold of the Irish Rover
Listened to a first hand account of a 1600's sunk treasure found after much hard work and money to fund the expedition, took near ten years, but they found it, thing is, the you know who was watching and waiting, then swooped in to confiscate everything. Mmm i said to my self. Thats very interesting, it was two things, the description of what you know who did to these people was incredibly criminal to begin with, second it was that enlightening moment when you figure out things are not what you are told to believe, the story was vividly told, you can't make it up kind, other thing it fits a pattern, where you know who is run by the worlds largest criminal gang, who simply take what they want, and regular folk are who fund their activities. Glad those same you know who's ain't trying to disarm me. Not yet. But it does give pause to critically ponder when that stage arrives. Criminals usually do not tolerate well armed people.
ReplyDeleteWe need a new version of "Treasure Island" where Jim and his mates have their treasure confiscated by the British government.
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