Bum Luck
Silver Member
- May 24, 2008
- 3,482
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- Detector(s) used
- Teknetics T2SE, GARRETT GTI 2500, Garrett Infinium
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
from Wine Spectator:
On May 19, 1917, the S.S. Kyros cargo ship was finally nearing the end of a long voyage from France to Russia when the authorities pulled it over somewhere between Sweden and Finland. As World War I engulfed the continent, the captain had attempted to navigate through neutral waters, but a German U-boat found the unlucky trucker. After the Germans inspected the ship, they decided its payload was military in nature. Everyone was ordered off the boat, and the German sub sent it to the Baltic floor, taking a boatload of goodies bound for a big-spending client—possibly even Tsar Nicholas II himself—with it.
Then, "the team of divers couldn’t reach the cargo; it was unsafe," Ixplorer director Alex Max Mikhaylov, explained to Unfiltered. "For a hundred years the ship was damaged by fishing trawls and covered completely by fish nets. Serious preparation took several years." Using a specially kitted-out salvage vessel called Deepsea Worker and a few submersible robot helpers, the two teams managed to recover … a big glob of Baltic sludge. But not just any sludge—the finest sludge, fit for aristocrats.
I love that part! Sludge away!
The wreck is in 252 feet of water and visibility is bad.
On May 19, 1917, the S.S. Kyros cargo ship was finally nearing the end of a long voyage from France to Russia when the authorities pulled it over somewhere between Sweden and Finland. As World War I engulfed the continent, the captain had attempted to navigate through neutral waters, but a German U-boat found the unlucky trucker. After the Germans inspected the ship, they decided its payload was military in nature. Everyone was ordered off the boat, and the German sub sent it to the Baltic floor, taking a boatload of goodies bound for a big-spending client—possibly even Tsar Nicholas II himself—with it.
Then, "the team of divers couldn’t reach the cargo; it was unsafe," Ixplorer director Alex Max Mikhaylov, explained to Unfiltered. "For a hundred years the ship was damaged by fishing trawls and covered completely by fish nets. Serious preparation took several years." Using a specially kitted-out salvage vessel called Deepsea Worker and a few submersible robot helpers, the two teams managed to recover … a big glob of Baltic sludge. But not just any sludge—the finest sludge, fit for aristocrats.
I love that part! Sludge away!
The wreck is in 252 feet of water and visibility is bad.
