Watch: 2 new shipwrecks filled with gold worth Rs 1700 crores found: Report
New Delhi: As many as two new shipwrecks have reportedly been discovered near the San Jose galleon. The Colombian government recently released new footages from the shipwrecks.
“Two new shipwrecks were discovered near the famous San Jose galleon, a shipwreck that is centuries old, discovered in 2015”, reported Republicworld.com in an article posted on June 10.
Reports say that the two shipwrecks are laden with gold worth $17 billion which equals to Rs 1700 crores.
Reportedly, ‘San Jose’ was sunk by the British in 1708 off the coast of Cartagena, Colombia at the time of the War of Spanish Succession. And in the year 2015, Colombian Navy discovered the San Jose galleon.