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264-year deep-sea mystery is solved

August 15, 2009 at 1:43AM
In this photo released Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009 by Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc., the Odyssey Explorer's ROV takes a photo of a Bronze cannon on the shipwreck site of HMS Victory bearing the royal crest of King George I, in the English Channel. Odyssey Marine Exploration is looking for the HMS Victory. The ship, a legendary British man-of-war that sank in the English Channel 264 years ago, was carrying 4 tons of gold coins that could be worth considerably more than the treasure that Odyssey raise
The Odyssey Explorer's ROV takes a photo of a Bronze cannon on the shipwreck site of HMS Victory bearing the royal crest of King George I, in the English Channel. (Elliott Polk (Clickability Client Services) — Associated Press - Ap/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Explorers have found the legendary HMS Victory, which may have been carrying 4 tons of gold coins when it sank in the English Channel. A4

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