A sunken Russian warship believed to contain $130 billion in gold bullion and coins has been found off the coast of a South Korean island…
A sunken Russian warship believed to contain $130 billion in gold bullion and coins has been found off the coast of a South Korean island — 113 years after it was scuttled during the Russo-Japanese War, reports said.
A joint team including South Korean, British, and Canadian explorers on Sunday found the wreck of the Dmitrii Donskoi more than 1,400 feet below sea level and a mile off the coast of the South Korean island of Ulleungdo, according to CNBC.
The Russian Imperial Navy cruiser was carrying about 5,500 boxes of gold bars and coins — weighing some 200 tons — when it went down in 1905.
Its exact resting place remained a mystery until two manned submersibles piloted by the explorers captured footage of the warship’s remains.
“The body of the ship was severely damaged by shelling, with its stern almost broken, and yet the ship’s deck and sides are well-preserved,” according to the Shinil Group, a Seoul-based maritime salvage group that backed the team, reported the South China Morning Post.
