UNITED STATES
DISTRICT COURT
 
 
MARTHA’S
VINEYARD SCUBA HEADQUARTERS, INC.
 
                                    Plaintiff,
 
                        v.
                                                                              
THE WRECKED AND ABANDONED STEAM VESSEL 
R.M.S. REPUBLIC, her tackle, apparel and cargo, etc.
located within 2,000 yards of a point: Beginning at
coordinates 
40 degrees 26 minutes 00 seconds N. Latitude and 69
degrees 
46 minutes 00 seconds W. Longitude; more precisdely
Loran “C”
coordinates 25138.1, 43453.2 through .6 and 14073.1,
.2, in
rem,
 
                                    Defendant.
 
ORDER
 
            Upon
motion of the United States this Court being fully advised in the premises,
does hereby
            ORDER
AND ADJUDGE that the United States motion to permit filing of the Notice of
Claim is granted and the Notice is filed with this Court.
            DONE
AND ORDERED at Boston, Massachusetts, this 3rd day of October, 2000.
 
(signed by Walter Jay Skinner)[1]
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE