Wreck of renowned British warship found in Channel

Monday 02nd February, 05:39 AM JST

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cleo at 11:36 AM JST - 2nd February

wreck in international waters

Since when did the English Channel become 'international waters'?
SushiSake3 at 11:43 AM JST - 2nd February

Cleo, outside the 20 or 25 mile limit are international waters.
SushiSake3 at 11:44 AM JST - 2nd February

Cleo, hang on,...the English Channel is only 22 miles wide..... :-)

TBH, I'm not sure what the limit is for British waters.
timorborder at 02:11 PM JST - 2nd February

The English Channel represents British waters, thus the old saying, "The Wxps start at Calais." Isn't that right Cleo?
cleo at 02:18 PM JST - 2nd February

Well it's the English Channel, isnt it? Stands to reason, doesn't it?
timorborder at 02:19 PM JST - 2nd February

Unless your French?
SuperLib at 03:15 PM JST - 2nd February

Either way it's going to be on the Discovery Channel pretty soon.
SuperLib at 03:18 PM JST - 2nd February

the site is 40 to 64 kilometers from the English coast, outside of its territorial waters.

I'm guessing it's going to be right at 25 miles...heh. Either way, you'd think these guys would have some kind of agreement with nearby governments as to how salvage will be handled. It seems they find these older ships first then figure out who gets to keep it after. If the Brits aren't interested in finding it themselves maybe they'll sign a document saying half of anything found goes to the company regardless of what it is. There's no downside for them.
dennis0bauer at 03:51 PM JST - 2nd February

Well during a short time it was the dutch Channel. Great Brittain could use those gold coins now, economy crisis and all
SushiSake3 at 04:08 PM JST - 2nd February

dennis, I agree. I bet Gordon Brown would love to get his hands on that gold bullion to bankroll his latest stimulus package. :-)
Madverts at 05:02 PM JST - 2nd February

Isn't the fact that it is a British Navy vessel that no matter where it is found it still belongs to the Government?
SuperLib at 05:42 PM JST - 2nd February

Isn't the fact that it is a British Navy vessel that no matter where it is found it still belongs to the Government?

Sure, but $500 million is $500 million....heh.
Madverts at 05:50 PM JST - 2nd February

Yeah - my bank account could use a kick-start with a similar deposit right about now :D
jmarc at 10:28 PM JST - 2nd February

in the english channel.. the 25 miles doesn't apply. there's a international corridord betwenn France and England where ship navigate along. It is like a tunnel, you go up the channel on the right side, and down the channel toward spain on the left side (near english coast).

Also the article state

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the site is 40 to 64 kilometers from the English coast, outside of its territorial waters.
Badsey at 02:32 AM JST - 3rd February

So they drive on the wrong side of the road but ship on the right?

Must confuse some blokes I reckon. =No wonder this ship went down.