Re: Now I really am getting nervous ........ : Fri Feb 03, 2012 5:17 pm  

100% Wire wrote:

An American has discovered a wrecked British WW2 merchant ship, with a haul of platinum worth £1.2b.

Let's get that back

The only thin Brtitishg about that platinum was the ship that got sunk.

Russian platinum heading for the US as payment for war supplies. Some claim we'd have on it

Re: Now I really am getting nervous ........ : Sun Feb 05, 2012 9:39 pm  

Depends where it was insured with and where its sunk I suspect.

If Lloyds paid out the insurance then they own the stuff.

Re: Now I really am getting nervous ........ : Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:08 am  

Code13 wrote:

Depends where it was insured with and where its sunk I suspect.

If Lloyds paid out the insurance then they own the stuff.

Lloyds paying out for an act of war?

Now you are having a laugh

Re: Now I really am getting nervous ........ : Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:59 pm  

According to various reports I've read, the Soviet Union made good the lost payment, and an insurance payment of around $53M was made.

The only thing guaranteed at this stage is many years and many millions spent in the courts.