Originally Posted by
Prangster
As we recovered 485 gold bars from the wreck of our cruiser HMS Edinburgh 200 miles off Murmansk, I think this took place in 1981, is this considered legal salvage even though a war grave was disturbed some 85 members of her crew going down with the ship after being torpedoed by a U boat?
it was approved by HM government with proceeds being split between government and salvors