When a huge ship disappears in the unknown depths of the ocean, then we all start trembling with fear, thinking how terrible that scene will be. We all remember the sinking of the Titanic but do you know, there was something similar happened about 200 years ago when a ship submerged into the sea loaded with the most valuable treasure.
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Today we will talk about a Spanish ship which was sunk in the depths of the ocean about 200 years ago and it is said that there was a valuable treasure of worth billions on this ship. The date was 8 June 1708 when the "San Jose galleon Watership" of Spain was engulfed in flames near the coast of Cartagena, Colombia. The Spanish ship galleon had been fighting a war against Britain since late afternoon, but the people on the ship did not know that the coming time was going to be very bad for them which they had not even imagined. Because by night, this 62-cannon galleon ship submerged into the Caribbean Sea. There were about 600 people aboard the ship, who sunk in the ocean, and at the same time, Spain's treasure of billions (up to $20 billion worth of gold, silver, and jewels) was also lost on the ocean floor.
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San Jose galleon began its journey from Portobelo, the port city of Panama, in late May 1708, and was laden with gold, silver, and precious jewels, which were extracted from what was then Spanish-controlled Peru. It is said that at that time gold, silver, and precious gems worth about US$20 billion were sunk along with galleon ship. The ruins of the ship are still lying there 600 meters deep in Colombian waters. The San Jose galleon is also called the Holy Grail of Shipwrecks. For centuries, the ship remained away from the outside world with carrying a secret of its most valuable treasure into the deep ocean. But in 2015, the mystery of San Jose began to be revealed, when the Colombian government officially announced that the galleon ship had been found. When the Coast Guard team descended into the deep ocean, the scene they encountered was truly shocking. The wreckage of the galleon ship appeared in front of the divers, but the biggest challenge before them was to find the treasure on the ship, which they had already been told about. A special thanks to an underwater vehicle called the REMUS 6000 that made this amazing discovery possible.
The divers began to investigate the galleon's debris and then a scene came in front of them which surprised them a lot and that was the treasure of billions of dollars that the whole world was looking for. The investigation team found thousands of gold and silver coins from the galleon debris that belonged to that period. A joint team of experts, the Colombian Navy, and the archaeological department reported that the wreckage of the galleon ship has been discovered near the island of Baru. As the mystery of the lost treasure was being unraveled, so the several claimants of wealth laden on the ship were coming in front of the world. Now, it is at the center of a custody dispute between all parties claiming San Jose's riches. But now after this billion of dollars treasure mystery revealed, the one thing is clear that these calm oceans are still hidden plenty of secrets in their vastness which are yet to be revealed.
Today we will talk about a Spanish ship which was sunk in the depths of the ocean about 200 years ago and it is said that there was a valuable treasure of worth billions on this ship. The date was 8 June 1708 when the "San Jose galleon Watership" of Spain was engulfed in flames near the coast of Cartagena, Colombia. The Spanish ship galleon had been fighting a war against Britain since late afternoon, but the people on the ship did not know that the coming time was going to be very bad for them which they had not even imagined. Because by night, this 62-cannon galleon ship submerged into the Caribbean Sea. There were about 600 people aboard the ship, who sunk in the ocean, and at the same time, Spain's treasure of billions (up to $20 billion worth of gold, silver, and jewels) was also lost on the ocean floor.
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San Jose galleon began its journey from Portobelo, the port city of Panama, in late May 1708, and was laden with gold, silver, and precious jewels, which were extracted from what was then Spanish-controlled Peru. It is said that at that time gold, silver, and precious gems worth about US$20 billion were sunk along with galleon ship. The ruins of the ship are still lying there 600 meters deep in Colombian waters. The San Jose galleon is also called the Holy Grail of Shipwrecks. For centuries, the ship remained away from the outside world with carrying a secret of its most valuable treasure into the deep ocean. But in 2015, the mystery of San Jose began to be revealed, when the Colombian government officially announced that the galleon ship had been found. When the Coast Guard team descended into the deep ocean, the scene they encountered was truly shocking. The wreckage of the galleon ship appeared in front of the divers, but the biggest challenge before them was to find the treasure on the ship, which they had already been told about. A special thanks to an underwater vehicle called the REMUS 6000 that made this amazing discovery possible.
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