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| Message header | Area/Game: | Wooden Ships & Iron Men | | Topic: | Other | | Subject: | Re: Interesting | | Posted by: | Tornade - 16years 289days ago. |
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| Message text http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org12-7j.htm
for a discussion about "Sovereign Immunity" regarding the wrecks of warships and vessels under government warrant at the time of sinking, also applied to aircraft
it is interesting to know that the same firm to discover the wreck in question is also involved in messy litigation with the Spanish government over the salvage of the galleon Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes y Animas and that they are being characterized as "21st Century Pirates"
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1832990720080418 |
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