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About Will We Ever Find The Lost Victorian Treasure From This Royal Shipwreck?

On October 26th 1859, on the last leg of her journey from Melbourne to Liverpool, the Royal Charter was wrecked in one of the worst storms ever to hit Britain. The loss of life was immense, but so too was the amount of gold on board. $130m worth: unearthed in Australia, lost at sea. Now, world champion gold hunter, Vince Thurkettle is on a mission; to recover the Royal Charter's lost treasure.

Will We Ever Find The Lost Victorian Treasure From This Royal Shipwreck? is presented by Absolute History. Its listed runtime is 52 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.

As a transport & logistics documentary, Will We Ever Find The Lost Victorian Treasure From This Royal Shipwreck? uses victorian, treasure, royal as its central frame. Transport films uncover systems that normally remain invisible until something fails. Look for the coordination between people, vehicles, control technology, maintenance and contingency planning.

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Will We Ever Find The Lost Victorian Treasure From This Royal Shipwreck?
Runtime
52 minutes
Language
English

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