The [Gbp]2.6bn of Gold Coins Lost at Sea and Fuelling an International Row
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A DIPLOMATIC stand-off between Britain and Spain has been triggered by salvage attempts on a shipwreck and the richest haul of sunken treasure in maritime history.
The remains of HMS Sussex, an 80-gun warship which sank in a storm off the Straits of Gibraltar in 1694, lie almost half a mile down in what Madrid says are its sovereign waters and which London prefers to think of as the high seas.See the full content of this document
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The [Gbp]2.6bn of Gold Coins Lost at Sea and Fuelling an International Row
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