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Ocean Alert Arrested by Spanish
« on: July 13, 2007, 03:59:34 PM »
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Thought this was an intesreting piece in the Tampa Bay Business Journal @ http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2007/07/09/daily38.html

A photograph of the Research Vessel Ocean Alert taken by Vladimir can be seen @ http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=349066

"Odyssey Marine ship seized near Spain
Tampa Bay Business Journal - 4:16 PM EDT Thursday, July 12, 2007
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One of Odyssey Marine Exploration's ships, Ocean Alert, was boarded Thursday in Spanish waters.

Spanish authorities boarded the ship 3.5 miles off Europa Point, near Gibraltar.

 
The Spanish Coast Guard subsequently ordered the Ocean Alert to head to the port of Algeciras in Spain.

The ship has now arrived in Algeciras, and an inspection of the vessel has commenced. An Odyssey representative has been informed that the inspection may take as long as two to three days, and it is anticipated that the vessel will be permitted to leave at the conclusion of the inspection, the company said in a release.

The boarding is connected with the dispute with Spain over ownership of the $500 million in gold and silver coins discovered by Odyssey explorers in May off the coast of England. Spanish authorities immediately questioned the origin of the ship, code-named "Black Swan" by Odyssey and have demanded better identification of the ship from Odyssey.

It has since filed claims in a U.S. federal court, arguing that it was entitled to the treasure if the ship was of Spanish origin.

Odyssey recently provided a 109-page legal affidavit to authorities in the Spanish Federal government, the Junta de Andaluc

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Re: Ocean Alert Arrested by Spanish
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2007, 10:53:51 PM »
hi steve i sailed on the alert when she was a canadian coast guard cutter in 1971 did not know she was in the treasure hunting business.. was a good ship plenty of power regards  jack moorhead
sailed with as thordal  and served with canadian coast guard  and was employed by northern transportation on the mckenzie river canada also served as a regular soldier in rhodesia and zimbabwe  Now living Vung Tau Vietnam

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Re: Ocean Alert Arrested by Spanish
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2007, 08:39:01 AM »
Interesting for me to learn about her history. I took some photos of her last year in Valetta.

http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=255252
http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=255250

Seemed to me as if she was there for conversion works.

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Re: Ocean Alert Arrested by Spanish
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2007, 05:21:18 AM »
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Lastest update on the Ocean Alert - courtesy of:
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_11483.shtml

From typicallyspanish.com

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Search continues of Odyssey ship in Algeciras
By h.b.
Jul 14, 2007 - 9:10 PM

The Civil Guard have been searching the

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Re: Ocean Alert Arrested by Spanish
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2007, 04:30:59 PM »
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Latest on the release of the Ocean Alert - story courtesy of the BBC:

Spain releases treasure-hunt ship

A US treasure-hunting ship intercepted and searched by Spanish police investigating a mysterious haul of riches has been cleared to leave port.
The Ocean Alert is owned by a company in Miami which recently raised a record haul of silver coins from a shipwreck.

Spanish authorities suspect the discovery might have been made in their territorial waters.

But Gibraltar disputes the claim, saying the ship had been boarded in international waters.

The Ocean Alert was stopped and boarded by Spanish police after leaving the British colony last Thursday.

It was then escorted to the Spanish port of Algeciras, where crew members were searched and computer equipment confiscated.

Acting on the orders of a judge, the police were hoping to pinpoint the location of a shipwreck which in May yielded half a million silver coins, worth $500m (

 

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