One would think that the owner of the ship would be the owner of the coins but the there the matter of whose's the righfull owner of the ship. It was in international waters, was it not?
Did the insurance pay on the losses, after all Lloyds was in business at the time & if were not insured then the insurance company doesn't own it & isn't it consided a loss at sea & therefore rightfully salavagable by Admiraly Law?
If a US sub sank in Russian waters who would get the rights to that?

Barry