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Sunken treasure ship found off Guyanaâ€™s coast

27 January 2009 10:48 (UTC +04:00)

Bakuâ€“APA. A United States-based marine research and recovery firm, Sub Sea Research, said it found British merchant ship, sunken by the German submarine in 1942, off the coast of Guyana, APA reports quoting the international news agencies.
According to Sub Sea Research, the cargo aboard the Blue Baron may include at least ten tons of gold bullion, 70 tons of platinum, one and one-half tons of industrial diamonds and 16 million carats of gem-quality diamonds. The name of the ship is not being released, but in the meantime, the ship has been dubbed the â€œBlue Baronâ€.

Russian â€œMorskoy Bulletinâ€ editor Mikhail Voytenko said important part of the treasure could belong to USSR. â€œA large part of this fantastic treasure belonged to USSR and other part to the Great Britain. USSR and Britain sent valuable things and treasure to the United States in exchange for the assistance under the Lend-Lease Programâ€.

Under the Lend-Lease Program, the United States supplied its allies during the World War II with vast amounts of war materials, oil products and technical equipments.