Britain Abandoned a Possible £5.5bn Treasure Near Gibraltar. Now an Explorer Says He Would Go Back
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The Telegraph reveals that the United Kingdom stopped the search for the HMS Sussex, whose treasure would be valued at about 5.9 billion euros
Britain surrendered £5.5billion treasure hunt to avoid row with Spain over Gibraltar
Britain walked away from a potential £5.5billion treasure recovery mission near Gibraltar rather than risk a confrontation with Spain over the territory.The leaked documents reveal that ministers in the early 2000s chose to abandon efforts to salvage what is believed to be HMS Sussex, a Royal Navy flagship lost off Gibraltar more than three centuries ago, despite the wreck being British property.Senior parliamentarians and exploration experts ar…
Britain has abandoned the attempt to recover a treasure worth up to £5.5 billion from a supposed shipwreck of the Royal Navy to avoid amplification of tensions with Spain.
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