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A member from the Shell Oil Company notified the U.S. Department of the Interior that its sonar had detected something resembling a shipwreck. So the marine archaeologists were examining it and then they found out that it was a well-preserved shipwreck deep in the Gulf of Mexico. Also they discovered two other sunken vessels. All three ships likely went down during an early 19th-century storm. They weren't allowed to collect artifacts from the two new sites under the terms of their agreement to examine the initial one. However, the researchers took thousands of photos and closely examined the wreckage of all three ships. two of the ships were carrying similar items. Researchers believe they may have been privateers, or armed ships that governments

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