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2. Spanish galleon San José - Wikipedia

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   San José was a 64-gun, three-masted galleon of the Spanish Armada de la Guardia de la Carrera de las Indias.It was launched in 1698 [1] and sank in battle off Barú Island, just south of Cartagena, Colombia, in 1708, while laden with gold, silver and emeralds worth about US$17 billion as of 2023.

3. New artifacts found in legendary treasure-laden shipwreck - AOL

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   Dubbed the "holy grail" of shipwrecks, the San Jose was owned by the Spanish crown when it was sunk by the British navy near Cartagena in 1708. Only a handful of its 600-strong crew survived. Only ...

4. ‘Holy Grail of Shipwrecks’ to be raised from the deep – along ...

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   A US salvage consortium called Glocca Morra claimed to have located the San Jose in 1981, but the Colombian government has disputed this, claiming it independently found the galleon with a team of ...

5. Spanish treasure fleet - Wikipedia

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   The wreck of the Spanish merchant ship Encarnación, part of the Tierra Firme fleet, was discovered in 2011 with much of its cargo still aboard and part of its hull intact. The Encarnación sank in 1681 during a storm near the mouth of the Chagres River on the Caribbean side of Panama.

6. Wager's Action - Wikipedia

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   A group of investors from the United States called Glocca Mora Co. operating under the name "Sea Search Armada" (SSA) claim to have found the ship off the coast of Colombia in 1981, but Colombia refused to sign a 65%/35% share offer and refused SSA permission to conduct full salvage operations at the shipwreck site. [5]

7. What we know about the ‘holy grail’ shipwreck set to be ...

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   The San Jose is thought to have been carrying 200 tonnes of silver, emeralds and eleven million gold coins at the time that it sank. The treasure’s value is thought to total up to $20bn in today ...

8. List of shipwrecks in the 1700s - Wikipedia

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   List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1708 Ship State Description Concepción Spain: War of the Spanish succession, Wager's Action): The ship ran aground on the Isla de Baru. She was set afire and destroyed to prevent her capture by the British. San José Spanish Navy

9. Colombia will try to raise objects from a 1708 shipwreck ...

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   The Colombian government said Thursday it will try to raise objects from the 1708 shipwreck of the galleon San Jose, which is believed to contain a cargo worth billions of dollars. Culture ...