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Post Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 2:30 am    Post subject: Nelson's sword discovered Reply with quote

Lord Nelson's sword is hidden in a ship wreck 500ft below the surface of the Mediterranean sea, an explorer has claimed.
Diver Mark Ellyatt says that he discovered the weapon in the ruins of HMS Victoria, which sank off the coast of Lebanon in 1893.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/lebanon/9046344/Explorers-raise-hope-of-Nelson-treasure-trove-on-Victorian-shipwreck.html
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/01/29/British-naval-heros-sword-found-on-wreck/UPI-71581327870080/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093409/Nelsons-sword-hidden-looters-diver-discovered-wreck-HMS-Victoria.html

Maybe he also found the secret rum reserve of Admiral Tyron and didn't want to give it to the MoD.
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