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I have received a number of requests for information on the Republic's prior voyages, particularly her passenger lists for prior voyages. Our research has, naturally, been focused on the Republic's la ...

Hello Gaylord.

In a word, Yes. Larger ships have been raised (from a shallow depth), and slightly deeper lifts have occurred. The key is to raise the ship in manageable sections.

See: http:// ...

Can you tell me if this is possible? Can a ship this big be raised off the ocean floor? My email address is [omitted]

Thank you.

Gaylord Barnes
Phoenix, AZ

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Hello, Jack,

Hey, she's off: Manhattan, New York; Baltimore, Maryland; Norfolk, Virginia; Miami Beach, Florida; and Southampton, UK. Pick any land bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Out in the North A ...

Several sources refer to the Republic as a New England Shipwreck, yet the coordinates given are latitude 40.2600 longitude 73.100 which seems to me to be off New Jersey when I plot it - very far out ...

Although its taken over 25 years to identify, locate and soon-to-salvage the RMS Republic's treasure - the most difficult part of the salvage was the specific identification of the cargo. Unlike other ...

Books require endings. I've spent way too much money and time on this project, perhaps the one reason I'm still compelled to pursue it (and the one reason no one else has gone this far down this road ...

First, we have a salvage claim against the vessel filed in the US District Court, District of Massachusetts. Salvage Law, and the Law Of Finds, is often complex. To learn more about the protections a ...

If only it could be that easy! But, of course, if it were that easy, someone else would have gotten the gold.

We are looking for about two (2) cubic yards of gold coins in the equivalent of a coll ...

Actually, not all of our research is publically available on the Net. But, as to the bulk of the research that is available:

One reason that I make the research available on the Net (well, a good ...

As for past salvage attempts, actual and rumored:

1. Salvors at the time indicated that the Republic was irretrievably lost, as a result of the technical inadequacies with which we're all familiar ...

The great difficulty with RMS Republic's cargo is the lack of substantiation of the cargos' existence within the public domain. My research suggests that the cargos aboard the Republic were governmen ...