April 17, 2009
Portland biz finds sunken treasure
By Mainebiz News Staff
A shipwreck hunter in Portland has filed a claim to unearth what he says may be the world's most valuable sunken treasure.
Greg Brooks and his partners at Sub Sea Research filed a claim to a World-War II wreck in U.S. District Court in Portland, and plan to start salvaging the platinum and diamond cargo off Cape Cod in a few weeks, according to the Portland Press Herald.
The Port Nicholson British merchant steamer was sunk by a torpedo off the coast of Cape Cod in 1942, and while it was thought to only carry automobile parts and supplies, Brooks claims his research has uncovered federal documents proving that the ship was secretly transporting industrial diamonds, platinum ingots and, possibly, gold.
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