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Merida Shipwreck
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Some further info on the Merida shipwreck & the trials & tribulations of salvage efforts over the years. (worth about $70,000,000 in today's dollars).
According to Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Merida_(1906)
According to Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Merida_(1906)
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Merida seems to be the Oak Island of shipwrecks.
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Previously discussed here...
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Steamer Merida / Million Dollar Silver Cargo
The Baltimore Sun Wed, Oct 04, 1916 ·Page 3 At the time of Merida's loss, her total value including the ship and the cargo was estimated to be approximately US$2,000,000 (equivalent to $65,000,000 in 2023) as per WIKI: There were no any further large scale attempts to raise the presumed...
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