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| Author | Subject: SS Republic (1865) Treasure |
| Carol | Posted At 15:51:18 12/02/2003
I have just read an article released by the Associated Press that a ship was found believed to be the SS Republic. The article stated that it sunk after being hit by a hurricane off the coast of Savana Georgia. The date the ship was lost is listed as October 25, 1865. I can find no record of a ship by that name being sunk on this date. I have however found information about a SS Republic that was hit by another ship in 1908 carrying over 700 passengers. This is recorded as the first wireless communication that saved the lives of the passengers. Do you know of any SS Republic that sunk on October 25, 1865 that was carrying 59 passengers, all of who supposedly survived? There is said to be over $150 million worth of gold coins aboard this ship. Crews are working as this month on retreiving this gold. But I cannot find any info that this ship existed or that that wreck even happened on that date. I would appreciate any info you can give me. |
| Martin Bayerle |
Re: SS Republic (1865) Treasure (Currently 0 replies)
Posted At 15:54:48 12/02/2003 A review of the New York Times historical index will pull this wreck, Nov. 3, 1865, with her Capt. Young stating that he lost $400,000 in specie (face value - gee, that research was easy!). That's a nice sum, but puny compared to the documented $1.9 million face loss on SS Central America, and our (only rumored) $3.35 million face on RMS Republic. The 1865 Republic wreck gathered but a few column inches of press notice at that time - to give you an indication of its relative importance in the contemporaneous public's view when compared to the contemporaneous media coverage of SS Central America and RMS Republic. |