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Today on Yahoo we saw this article
Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-warship-carrying-100-billion-073452844.html

Apparently there is a South Korean salvage team that has discovered the confirmed wreck of a Russian warshi. The ship was sunk in a naval battle 113 years ago, is believed to still contain a the gold bullion and coins worth 132 billion dollars.

The Dmitrii Donskoi a Russian Imperial Navy cruiser was discovered at a depth of over 1,400 feet about a mile off the South Korean island of Ulleungdo. they were able to confirm the ship by reading the name on the debris.

The team of experts that made the discovery are from South Korea, Britain and Canada and they discovered the wreck on Sunday, they then used two manned submersibles to capture footage of the vessel. The company behind the discovery is promising to use a percentage of the found money to fund the new construction of a railway line linking Russia and South Korea through North Korea.

The underwater uncut video includes images of the extensive damage to the vessel caused during an encounter with Japanese warships in May 1905, along with cannons and deck guns encrusted with marine growth, the anchor and the ship’s wheel.

about 60 of the 591 crew were killed during the battles and another 120 injured before Captain Ivan Lebedev anchored off the island of Ulleungdo and ordered his men ashore.On the morning of May 29, 1905, the ship was scuttled offshore and the crew were taken prisoner by the Japanese landing parties. Captain Lebedev later died of his wounds.

There are reports that the ship Dmitrii Donskoi was carrying all the fleet’s funds and went down with over 5,500 boxes containing gold bars as well as a separate stash of 200 TONS of gold coins. The gold was being stored in the ship's holds in an effort to keep the Japanese from seizing it.
the Shinil Group estimates the gold would have a total value today of £101.3 billion. The Russian government will get half of the funds, 10 percent of the remainder will be invested into tourism projects on the Ulleungdo Island, which they plan to include a museum dedicated to the vessel.
they expect to raise the ship in October or November later this year so I guess we will all have to wait and see what is really there!

thanks for reading and happy stacking!!