HMS Victory ShipWreck Found: Reportedly Carrying $1 Billion in Gold Coins

HMS Victory sank with no survivors in the English Channel in 1744. Reportedly, the ship contained a treasure of gold coins with a value estimated at $1 billion dollars.

Background Articles:

"Treasure Hunters Say They've Found a 1744 Shipwreck": http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/science/03shipwreck.html

(Update): "Fla. Explorers, UK Reach Agreement on Shipwreck": http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=8612038

Video: ABCNEWS

Category:

News & Politics

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• HMS
• Victory
• ShipWreck
• Treasure
• English
• Channel
• 1744
• Gold
• Coins
• Billion
• Sunk
• Storm
• Ship
• Wreck
• Odyssey
• Marine
• Exploration

[jordanbizzell]

there were to hms victories, the first was a monster, too big and unstirdy with many more guns than nelsons victory, it sunk, the second victory was a beast of a warship, and so thats why it is still here today,m because it sunk all of its opposition.

[Wesleyfromindy2]

Yes, this isn't the same as the much more famous Victory still docked in Portsmouth. As Arizsun says, navies use some names alot. E.g., the US carrier USS Oriskany was the third ship to have that name, named after a revolutionary battle.

[Dublinup10]

@zzztubazzz, ever think that the hms victory sank in water too deep for a human to dive on? Think before you post dumbass

[zzztubazzz]

i don't even know why they use the robot just dive down, what a stupid ass people

[johnshipbuilder]

You can see the true time discovery of this HMS Victory in the Discovery Channel's Treasure Quest! It is a very facinating watch.Now,as far as Ad.Neson's HMS Victory goes,absolutely no disrepect meant here,at the battle of Trafalger,the great HMS Victory was nearly sunk and had to be towed back! I'm presently building the model of this ship,and as a amatuer ship historian,I do want to learn the history of the model ships I build!

[Catalina65389]

@vengeansis foot in your mouth? The Japanese said that same thing during WWII after the USS Hornet CV8 sank, and here came the USS Hornet CV12 not long after.

[meehol1]

There were 5 or 6 Victorys. This one sank in 1744. The one in dry dock No 2 in Portsmouth was launched in 1765.

[777dingo]

Wow that is an awesome robotic deep sea treasure hunting machine, it must have cost alot to buy it, but it must have paid for itself many times over in treasure finds.

[AliasUndercover]

A billion? No wonder it sank...

[SR71ABCD]

There are ships, the same as the HMS Victory or the Victory must of got rid of the cannons that never worked just to make it look like the Victory has sunk! Even when I watched the Discovery channel of Tresure quest I didn't belive that the Victory has sunk which I saw at RNS/HMS Nelson. Still the rudder from the ship confirms that the ship belongs to the Victory how is that possible?