War wrecks off the coast of Heligoland On 28 August 1914 four German warships sank in the North Sea in the battle against the British navy. Scavenger divers plunder the wrecks – something underwater archaeologists now want to prevent.
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Diving club from Lauwersoog gives Germans their stuff back
Diving club De Zeester from Lauwersoog ends the conflict that it has with the German government about things that they found on the wreck of a German warship. Scrap value ‘It is a business consideration: either we make the Germans happy with a few things with a scrap value of up to two hundred euros, or we start a legal battle that costs a lot of money and energy.
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