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1st February 2012, 03:47 PM
But on the morning of Aug. 27, 2008, as the rest of the crew slept, deckhand Dave St. Cyr spotted an unmistakable three-dimensional sonar image on the monitor in front of him. It was a large ship resting on its side.
“I woke up the captain, and I said to him, ‘You might want to see this,’ ’’ St. Cyr said.
The Port Nicholson, a British steamer, was sailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to New York when a German U-boat torpedoed it during World War II, despite a heavy military escort. Four people died, while 87 were rescued.
Since then, it has remained on the ocean floor about 30 miles off Provincetown. The cargo, then valued at about $53 million, was a lend-lease payment to the United States from the Soviet Union.
“It’s not an easy task,’’ Brooks said. “There’s a good possibility there are about 10 tons of gold down there, too, and maybe some industrial diamonds. http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/02/01/maine-crew-aims-recover-treasure-worth-estimated-billion-from-shipwreck-off-cape/ym0JS750ewAaWzONuPk1cI/story.html
“I woke up the captain, and I said to him, ‘You might want to see this,’ ’’ St. Cyr said.
The Port Nicholson, a British steamer, was sailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to New York when a German U-boat torpedoed it during World War II, despite a heavy military escort. Four people died, while 87 were rescued.
Since then, it has remained on the ocean floor about 30 miles off Provincetown. The cargo, then valued at about $53 million, was a lend-lease payment to the United States from the Soviet Union.
“It’s not an easy task,’’ Brooks said. “There’s a good possibility there are about 10 tons of gold down there, too, and maybe some industrial diamonds. http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/02/01/maine-crew-aims-recover-treasure-worth-estimated-billion-from-shipwreck-off-cape/ym0JS750ewAaWzONuPk1cI/story.html