Colombian naval officials conducting underwater monitoring of the long-sunken San Jose galleon have discovered two other historical shipwrecks nearby, President Ivan Duque said on Monday, June 6.
The San Jose galleon, a 62-gun, 3-masted ship that sank during a battle with British ships in the War of Spanish Succession, thought by historians to be carrying treasure that would be as much as $17 billion, sank in 1708 near Colombia’s Caribbean port of Cartagena.
Its potential recovery has been the subject of litigation for decades.
(Colombia Presidency, Colombia Navy Handout via AP)
(Colombia Presidency, Colombia Navy Handout via AP)
(Colombia Presidency, Colombia Navy Handout via AP)
A remotely operated vehicle reached 900 meters depth, Duque and naval officials said in a video statement, allowing new videos of the wreckage….