British shipwreck holds ?2.6 billion treasure, explorers claim
Salvagers claim to have found the world's richest wreck ? a British ship sunk by a Nazi submarine while laden with a ?2.6 billion cargo that included gold, platinum and diamonds.
By Jasper Copping
Last Updated: 9:16AM GMT 25 Jan 2009
A picture believed to be the Blue Baron shows it is a tramp steamer
In a project shrouded in secrecy, work is due to start on recovering the cargo, which was being transported to the United States to help pay for the Allied effort in the Second World War.
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