1741 wreck in Cartagena

[Smithbrown]

Illustratedarticle about the remains of a ship scuttled in Cartagena in 1741 to keep the British out
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/11/151102-colombia-shipwreck-cartagena-battle-1700s/

 

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[perdidogringo]

Thanks for the link! Cartagena and other Colombian sites are just ripe with opportunity.

 

[Smithbrown]

Update on theSan José, Colombia
http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2016/07/31/colombia/1469918008_930133.html

 

[ARC]

Translation...

"The Galleon San Jose we will recover with all the canons", said Saturday the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, during the inauguration of the new headquarters of the Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas and coastal 'José Benito Vives de Andreis', in the city of Santa Marta. The Colombian President said that the task of recovering the Galleon will be not made by treasure hunters and that the purpose is to allow that humanity can enjoy the heritage that you will find.

"There is one aspect that has to do with this institution and is very important: all marine life that exist around the San Jose to retrieve, to investigate", he warned, and insisted that the idea of rescuing the boat is due to scientific and archaeological grounds more than commercial. Last May the Colombian Government revealed that accepted the collaboration of Spain for the research phase of the Galleon, however, on the day of this Holy Saturday did not refer to the way how involve this country in the process of recovery of the ship, sunk by the British Navy in the waters of the Caribbean in 1708.

From December of the previous year, when President Santos told Colombians on the discovery of the boat 307 years after its collapse, have deepened doubts about what should be the fate of the Galleon. While the Executive considers that it is "affair of State", Spain, through his Secretary of State for culture, José María Lassalle, has warned that the "vessel must stay where is ' and to be a world heritage site, as stated in the Unesco"posed a series of protocols of performance in relation to the protection of the underwater heritage". To that voice, is have attached it of others scientists that discouraged rescue the boat, arguing that could lose value for your study.

The boat was found in the morning of the 27 of November of the year last, after a work joint of the armed national, the Institute Colombian of anthropology and history, as well as the participation of scientific international. Eight months later, the unknown on what should be its future is keeps. While President Santos insists on saying that it is a 'heritage of Colombians for the Colombians', Spain reiterates that "it is a world heritage site. "The debate about its ownership is secondary".