The captain and crew were unaware of the valuable treasure trove contained deep within her cargo holds. Her incredible art collection had been a closely guarded secret; a storm raged over the area and Vrouw Maria was now irretrievably lost.
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HMS Repulse was one of two very fast battlecruisers ordered by the Admiralty in 1915 on the strength of the success of the Invincible-class ships over Admiral Graf von Spee's squadron at the Battle of the Falklands; the other was Renown.
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In 1771, Catherine the Great of Russia lost her famous treasure ship in the Finnish archipelagos. Many have searched for the Vrouw Maria. A Finnish historian has now located it.
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DD tanks were amphibious swimming tanks developed during the Second World War. The phrase is mostly used for the M4 Sherman medium tanks used by the Allies in the opening phases of the D-Day landings in 1944.
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Join the Shipwreck Central as we seek the last resting place of the most famous smuggling ship on the west coast, the fabled, Queen of the Rum Runners, Malahat.
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Landing craft are boats and seagoing vehicles used to convey a landing force from the sea to the shore during an amphibious assault. Most renowned are those used to storm the beaches of Normandy durring WWII.
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