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Largest shipwreck in Vinalian history, discovered off of Orlavo.
The anchor of the Mikolaevich.
President of the Vinalian Historical Association, Ivan Igalin announced that a team of scientists and historians from the Vinalian Historical Association, Orlavo Museum of History, National Museum of Velkarichka, Museum of Vinalia, and the Ministry of Culture discovered earlier today the remains of the sunken Mikolaevich. The Mikolaevich was a transport ship belonging to the Soravian East Arucian Trade Company, which was badly damaged by a storm at sea in December 1761 and sunk shortly thereafter. The shipwreck, discovered 32 nautical miles off of Orlavo, is estimated to be the largest such discovery in Vinalia, rivaling the discovery of the Bondarenko, a whaling ship which was discovered 4 nautical miles south of Ivanovo in 2009.
The Mikolaevich served the important route from Catherinsk, to Samistopol, while passing through Ivanovo, New Samistopol, and Orlavo before crossing the Lumine Ocean. The Mikolaevich transported numerous goods between Vinalian cities gathering cargo for its eventual trip back to Soravia, after leaving Orlavo the ship would have carried numerous items for sale such as Sugar, Tobacco, Kokhineal, furs, and precious metals such as silver and gold. The ship would have been at its most vulnerable during its exit from the East Arucian Sea, so Soravian ships would patrol the seas searching for pirates and Etrurian privateers, and organize convoys from the Asterias to Soravia and back. However the Mikolaevich which had set off in November 1761 headed from Catherinsk to Port de la Sainte in Sainte-Chloé to load up 166 Bahian slaves before returning to Catherinsk where they were sold and from where it started its doomed journey. Having missed the regular convoys organized from the Asterias to Soravia, the Mikolaevich was to meet with the frigate Kulikov in Apostola, which would escort it back to Soravia. However the Mikolaevich was caught in a rare storm after leaving Orlavo on December 26th 1761 and sank before ever reaching Apostola, with 85 men onboard.
The ship was rumored and a legend exists that the ship carried cursed Úuchmáan gold, which led to its loss at sea.
The team of experts lead by Historian Dr. Belonozhka Zumadze of the Vinalian Historical Association, had made a rough estimate of the possible location of the Mikolaevich in 2013, based on meteorological estimates of the time, and an acnedote from Lana Marshalkov on December 27th 1761 which states the arrival of a storm to Orlavo. Zumadze however would not receive the support required until 2021, when mapping software and sonar employed by the Vinalian military mapped the suspected area of the shipwreck. Divers were finally deployed to the shipwreck in May, who were able to identify a shipwreck in the area, and until two days ago that it was visually confirmed to be the Mikolaevich.
The group were not the first ones to look for the Mikolaevich, as numerous treasure hunters had attempted to look for the ship and its cursed Úuchmáan gold, which was rumored to have been stolen by Soravian authorities following raids on ethnic Úuchmáan towns in 1761. However, Zumadze stated that ships carrying precious metals would not have sailed to Soravia without appropriate defenses, and that the Mikolaevich, which did not belong to the Soravian crown, would have only been contracted to carry such metals back to Soravia under heavy naval protection. Making the Mikolaevich incredibly rare to carry any precious metals, due to its unprotected transport between Vinalian ports and then to Apostola, allowing privateers and pirates to steal the metals as the ship carried limited weaponry.
Zumadze stated that what follows is the use of divers to inspect the shipwreck and retrieve any artifacts recovered in the ship. The Vinalian Navy stated that it would conduct a formal ceremony for the 85 men who died on the ship. With all members of the expedition stating that the discovered items will be turned over to museums, and historical groups. Several legislators have stated their support for designating the site as a historical monument of importance, to conserve the location.
The wreck helps to explore Vinalia’s history, and will be studied by experts to further understand and comprehend Vinalia’s colonial past.
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