San Jose galleon: 'Holy Grail of shipwrecks' with £16bn treasure haul to be exhumed off Colombian coast

''Holy Grail Of Shipwrecks'' With Treasure Worth $20 Billion To Be Taken Out By Colombia

A  sunken Spanish ship laden with treasure, described by some as the "Holy Grail of shipwrecks", is set to be lifted from the floor of the Caribbean Sea on the orders of the Colombian government, Sky News reported. San Jose, a three-masted ship is believed to have been carrying 200 tons of treasure, including gold, silver, and emeralds, worth $20 billion. The ship was a part of the fleet of King Philip V when it was sunk by the British Navy in 1…

'Holy Grail of shipwrecks' loaded with billions to be raised from seabed

A sunken Spanish galleon laden with treasure, described by some as the "Holy Grail of shipwrecks", is set to raised from the seafloor and lawyers are circling.The Colombian government said the San Jose, a three-masted ship sunk by the British navy in 1708, would be recovered as a matter of urgency, including treasures believed to be worth up to $20 billion in today's money.Scientists found the San Jose in 2015 off the coast of Colombia, solving…

'Holy Grail of Shipwrecks' to be Exhumed

A bit of (mostly) nonpolitical news that popped up this weekend and seems interesting comes to us from Colombia, where President Gustavo Petro is attempting to bring the wreck of a three-century-old S...

Ship with $31 billion of sunken treasure to be exhumed

A huge blue has erupted over a sunken 16th century galleon that could be worth billions, which one nation wants to raise from the depths.

Colombia plans to recover up to $20B in sunken treasure from 'Holy Grail of shipwrecks'

Colombian President Gustavo Petro wants to recover the treasure of the sunken Spanish galleon San José before his term ends in 2026, an officials said.

‘Holy Grail of Shipwrecks’ to be raised from the deep – with its $20bn of treasure

The San Jose was sunk by British navy in 1708 off the Colombian port of Cartagena