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Recovery of the 'Holy Grail of Shipwrecks' Begins amid Decades-Long Legal Battle
Naval History U.S. Naval Institute, 2026. Naval History, April 2026.
A naval-history magazine's summary of the dispute: the 1982 Glocca Morra claim, the 1984 decree cutting the finder's share to 5 percent, the Colombian court ruling for a half share, the 2015 state discovery at different coordinates, the November 2025 recoveries, Spain's UNESCO argument and the Qhara Qhara claim.
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The clearest short account of the legal history in English.
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U.S. Naval Institute, N. H. (2026). Recovery of the 'Holy Grail of Shipwrecks' Begins amid Decades-Long Legal Battle. Naval History, April 2026. https://doi.org/10.1007/springerreference_70392
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U.S. Naval Institute, Naval History. “Recovery of the 'Holy Grail of Shipwrecks' Begins amid Decades-Long Legal Battle.” Naval History, April 2026 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/springerreference_70392.