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World of Shipwrecks

Loss of an Indian treasure fleet

Salvage of the metal cargo of the Asturia, German cargo ship

Steel steamer of German flag, the "Asturia" was owned by the Hamburg Amerika Linie, with a gross tonnage of 5290. She was on a voyage from Yokohama (Japan), via Hong Kong to New York and was unfortunately wrecked on Ras Jard Hafun, Cape Gardafui, Gulf of Aden, on the 16th of June 1901.

Example of research in archives (secrets revealed !)

Le Liban et la Syrie ont une histoire intimement liée qui remonte, selon les auteurs, à 6000 avant JC. Cette région englobait, autrefois, la Palestine des Hébreux, aujourd’hui, Israël et toute la région au nord, vers Alexandrette, désormais la Turquie.

Défaite de l'armée navale Mazarine

Le Comte du Dognon, Gouverneur de Broüage ayant en cette guerre de Guienne pris le party de Monsieur le Prince de Condé, et pour cet effet encouru la haine du Cardinal Mazarin, qui a grande enuie de le perdre, afin d'avoir ce port de Broüage, l'un des meilleurs qui soient en France...

Merchant and warships bullions transports during WWII

Merchant and warships bullions and valuables transports during WWII across the Barents sea.

Quelques dictons maritimes pour les francophones

n capitaine de navire est un homme qui sait beaucoup à propos de peu de chose et qui continue à apprendre de plus en plus à propos de moins en moins de sujets jusqu’à ce que finalement il sache pratiquement tout à propos de rien.

UNESCO - The Chase for the Wild Treasure Hunter is open...!

Finders Keepers and Military Exceptions Patrick O’Keefe, an Australian lawyer and cultural heritage specialist, says the discovery of the Titanic was a turning point.

The Romantic Business of Shipwrecks Research and Salvage

In the 1960s, the mere words of finding sunken treasure were enough to raise eyebrows and prompt snickers. People who believed that making a quest for sunken treasure could be profitable were pooh-poohed and written off as naïve crackpots.

Cargoes of precious and non-ferrous metal lost in very deep waters

Cargoes of precious and non-ferrous metal lost in very deep waters

The submerged gold bullion treasure in Tokyo Bay

United States officers recovered today, thanks to a tip-off from a geisha girl, ingots of precious metal believed to be worth US $ 2,000,000,000 (or £ 500,000,000) from the bottom of Tokyo bay.

Export d'or californien au 19ème siècle

Export d'or californien au 19ème siècle. Le grand produit, le produit nouveau, celui qui fixe en ce moment l’attention du monde entier, l’Or, demande qu’on s’y arrête avec détail.

Essai poétique - Auteur anonyme début du 19ème siècle

Adieu, terre d'exil, la France me rapelle Rougissant de l'affront qu'elle m'a fait subir, Elle se ressouvient du sang versé pour elle...

La fabuleux trésor des Minquiers - Belle histoire pour les enfants...

Cette nuit de 1520, dans les rues sombres de Ténochitlan (qui deviendra un jour, Mexico), "le fabuleux métal", dont se sont chargés les Espagnols, pèse très lourd.

Il était une fois... Courte histoire des plongeurs sous-marins au 19ème siècle

L'existence de plongeurs est ancienne comme le monde. Du temps d'Aristote, on employait des cloches pour porter l'air aux hommes qui cherchaient les éponges dans la mer Ionique. Des Grecs plongeaient, en présence de Charles-Quint, en se servant d'un grand chaudron renversé qui constituait la cloche à plongeur primitive

A short list of English East Indiamen losses

Losses from the East India Company's ships

Short list of losses of the French Navy since the 13th century

Short list of losses of the French Navy since the 13th century

Quelques naufrages importants (en Fr.)

Les lancements de navires sont fréquents, mais à mesure que la flotte universelle devient plus nombreuse, le nombre de sinistres en mer devient plus grand.

The Asian Specie Network - P&O Steamers Company

The Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company was founded in 1836 and the ship's company sailed from London to Spain, Portugal and the Mediterranean. Then, to Alexandria, Port Suez with a connection to India, to Singapore and the Far East later in 1845.

Basic Questions Concerning the Viability of a Shipwreck Salvage Project

How to determine whether a wreck is a candidate for salvage or not ? Many operators, divers and financiers are desperately seeking for the proper answer... Let's ask ourselves a few questions before throwing away a lot of money for nothing at the end.

Who said that most of underwater treasures hunters were dangerous crooks ?!

A sunken World War II Japanese hospital ship carrying possibly one of the world’s richest treasures ever was found off the coast of Luzon according to its discoverer.

Shipwrecks !

Fortunes have been made and lost in salvage operations and down the years, maritime disasters have continually provided speculators with opportunities for investment.

Still Many Old Treasures to Salvage ! - Atlantic 1 -

galleons and treasures to find and recover

Still Many Old Treasures to Salvage ! - Atlantic 2 -

Non-exhaustive list of early Treasure cargoes lost in the Americas and Atlantic Ocean

Still Many Old Treasures to Salvage ! - Atlantic 3 -

The Peruvian lost treasures

In 1859, several chests of treasure were stolen from a Peruvian church and hidden on a remote Pacific Island. One says it has never been recovered... The inventory of the treasure reads as follow

Some secret tales about the Italian company SORIMA

In the 1950’s, merous shipwrecks with their precious cargoes from the two World Wars were still lying untouched in all parts of the world.

Mémoire pour Monseigneur le Duc de Penthievre (1749)

J’ai travaillé dans le cours de mes fonctions de guerre, à une invention propre à sauver la vie aux hommes dans le cas de naufrages, experts ou non dans l’art de nager.

Who said that most of UW treasures hunters were dangerous crooks ?!

A sunken World War II Japanese hospital ship carrying possibly one of the world’s richest treasures ever was found off the coast of Luzon...