Port Nicholson
Sub Sea Research
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June 14th, 1942: Darkness has fallen on Halifax, Nova Scotia. A convoy of ships, consisting of armed escort vessels and freighters, departs from port and travels south into the open sea. In the unknown blackness a German U-Boat lies waiting off the New England coast for the convoy to appear. Upon its arrival, the U-Boat fires two torpedoes at one of the freighters. Both torpedoes reach their target and hours later she sinks, taking her contents to the bottom of the Atlantic. In the aftermath of this tragedy, there would be secrets aboard this sunken vessel that would remain secret for more than sixty six years.
October 20th, 2006: Sub Sea Research LLC, a Portland, Maine based company, discovers something remarkable about the sunken ship. After scouring through captured German war documents, Bank of England records and de-classified top secret naval war records our company discovers something about this ship that has been kept secret by both the U.S. and Russian governments for years.
May 5th, 2008: Sub Sea Research begins surveying many miles of ocean bottom using our 96' research vessel and advanced underwater locating technology. After numerous days of labor, we locate the target we believe is the freighter with the secret that had been so well kept for over half a century. Aboard this vessel is a hidden cargo that was in the midst of being transported from Europe to the U.S. before its journey was cut short tragically. Included in the bounty are seventy-one tons of platinum and a very real possibility of ten tons of gold bullion. The freighter was never recovered by those who knew her secret because of ocean depth restrictions and an incorrect location noted by the US Navy.
October 2008-Present Day: A 220' ship purchased and converted for salvage, remote operated vehicle (ROV) and crew brought aboard. Operations begin mid-2009. ROV videos entire wreckage late 2010. Bad weather hampers operations throughout. ROV not strong enough to salvage potential platinum targets. Salvage plans have to be changed to realize total fast recovery. Two other WWII shipwrecks added to enhance recovery, totaling nine billion dollars. 2011 season spent trying different methods of retrieval, new equipment needed to complete salvage. 2012 season, the season of recovery!!!
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