Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. v. The Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel

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Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. v. The Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel

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Case 8:07-cv-00616-JSM-MSS

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Tampa Division In Admiralty
ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION, INe.

Plaintiff

CIVIL ACTION

Case No: 8:07-CV-00616-JSM-MSS

THE UNIDENTIFIED SHIPWRECKED VESSEL its apparel, tackle, appurtenances and cargo located within a five mile radius of the center coordinates provided to the Court under seal
Defendant; in rem
and

The Kingdom of Spain
Claimant.

AMENDED VERIFIED COMPLAINT IN ADMIRALTY
Plaintiff, Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (" Odyssey ), by and through
its undersigned counsel, in response to the Opposed Motion of Claimant Kingdom of Spain ("Claimant") for a More Definite Statement hereby states that it does not object to

Claimant's Motion and in response thereto files this , its Amended Complaint in rem
against the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel, its apparel, tackle, appurtenances, and
cargo (hereinafter Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel") located within a five mile radius
ofthe center point coordinates previously

provided to the Court under seal with the initial

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Complaint fied on April 9, 2007, (Dkt. 1) and the attached documentation including the
Sworn Statement of Gregory P. Stemm, Odyssey s Cofounder, and attachments thereto.

THE PARTIES

Odyssey is a Nevada corporation with its principal place of business at
5215 West Laurel St. , Tampa, Florida 33607. Odyssey is engaged in the business

of deep ocean exploration and the recovery of shipwrecks around the world.

The Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel rests at a depth of approximately
500 meters, beyond the terrtorial waters or contiguous zone of any sovereign

nation , in the Mediterranean Sea. For security reasons the center point
coordinates of the area in which the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel is located

have been provided to the Court under seal. Evidence at the Unidentified
Shipwrecked Vessel indicates that efforts, if any, by any previous owner to

salvage the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel and/or its cargo have been long
since abandoned.

Claimant herein, Spain, filed a Verified Claim on May 30 2007 , (Dkt. 14)

stating in part that "the Kingdom of Spain has not abandoned its ownership rights
and other rights in sunken vessels of the Kingdom of Spain , in vessels sunk while in the service of the Kingdom of Spain, and in cargo or other property of the
Kingdom of Spain on or in sunken vessels."
Claimant,

Spain s Verified Claim

does not assert a basis for any claim specific to this Unidentified Shipwrecked
Vessel.

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II.

JURISDICTION AND VENUE

This is a case of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction stating a maritime
claim within the meaning of Rule 9(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and

Supplemental Admiralty Rules C and D as hereinafter more fully appears. This
Court has original jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to 28 U.
e. gg 1331 and

1333. In addition, the Court has in personam jurisdiction over the Plaintiff and

constructive quasi in rem jurisdiction over the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel.
This Court has ,

or wil have during the pendency of this action

jurisdiction over any potential claimant including Claimant, Spain, and/or other
competing salvors by virte
of

its contacts to this forum; the nature of the

Plaintiffs admiralty action; the

relationship of the potential claimant and/or salvor

to the Plaintiff, the submission of a claim (such as that of Spain) by any potential
claimant in this forum; and/or under the principles of jurisdiction by necessity.
This Court' s exercise of jurisdiction over Spain and other competing

claimants and/or salvors is necessary to prevent irreparable injury to, or

destruction of the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel; to allow the Plaintiff to

continue to pursue its ongoing survey and recovery operations without
interference; to bring the recovered artifacts within this District; and to prevent
destruction ofthis Court' s

actual and potential jurisdiction.

Venue is proper in the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division
pursuant to 28 U.

C. g 1391 and Local Rule 3(A) and (B) (3). Plaintiffs

principal place of business is located in this District, and the artifacts recovered

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from the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel have been brought within the District
and are undergoing appropriate conservation and preservation efforts.
II1.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On April 9, 2007, Odyssey filed the initial Verified Complaint In

Admiralty In Rem (Dkt. 1) against the Defendant in this case. Odyssey also
turned over to the U. S. Marshal a tea cup recovered from the Unidentified

Shipwrecked Vessel for the symbolic arrest of the Unidentified Shipwrecked
Vessel.
On April 13 ,

2007, this Court entered the Order Appointing Substitute

Custodian (Dkt. 10) and found that Odyssey was duly qualified to serve as the

Substitute Custodian of the tea cup and other arifacts recovered from the
Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel.
10.
On April 13 ,

2007 , this Court issued an Order Directing the Issuance of a
On April 13 ,

Warrant of Arest (Dkt. 6).

2007, the Clerk issued the Warrant of

Arest.
11.

On May 30 2007 , (Dkt. 14) Claimant, the Kingdom of Spain filed its

Verified Claim. Again, Spain s claim does not assert a basis for any claim
specific to this Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel.
12.
On June 19

2007 , the Kingdom of Spain filed its Opposed Motion of

Claimant of Spain for a More Definite Statement and Other Disclosure or , in the
Alternative to Dismiss (Dkt. 17).

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13.

On June 26 2007 , Odyssey filed its Unopposed Motion for an Extension

of Time in which to respond to the Motion, (Dkt. 18) and on July 9, 2007, this
Court granted the Motion (Dkt. 19) giving Odyssey until July 23 , 2007 to file a
response.
14.

Odyssey filed a Motion for Extension on July 23 2007 , (Dkt. 20) and this

Court entered an Endorsed Order (Dkt. 21) granting Odyssey s Motion and giving
Odyssey until August 6, 2007 to file its response.
II1.

FACTS
15.

The Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel rests on the sea floor at a depth of
approximately 500 meters, beyond the terrtorial waters or contiguous zone of any

sovereign nation. The Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel' s position is located
within a five mile radius of the center point coordinates which have been provided

to the Court under seal. While it is believed that one or two other salvors may
have conducted operations in the past relative to the Unidentified Shipwrecked
Vessel , to Odyssey s knowledge and belief, no operations other than those by

Odyssey have been conducted within the past year, and no salvor has sought to
protect an interest in the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel through an arrest.
16.

Odyssey first located the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel in January
2006 , using sophisticated sonar and magnetometer equipment. Odyssey has

recovered articles from the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel and is ready and
able to conduct further operations to explore and document the shipwreck
consistent with archaeological protocols appropriate for this Unidentified

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Shipwrecked Vessel, and to recover additional artifacts from the Unidentified
Shipwrecked Vessel.
17.

When Odyssey first filed the initial Complaint, it had surveyed the wreck
Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel and had begun an archaeological pre-

disturbance survey taking video and photographs ofthe Unidentified Shipwrecked

Vessel. Odyssey believes that the vessel associated with the wreck site is an
Italian-registered , passenger ship which sank in 1915 during World War
18.

Subsequent to the arrest and this Court' s order appointing Odyssey as
Substitute Custodian, Odyssey found and safely transported artifacts to the

Middle District of Florida from the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel which are

undergoing conservation according to strct

archaeological protocols.

Odyssey has

prepared a Preliminary Site Assessment ("PSA") regarding the Unidentified
Shipwrecked Vessel and the artifacts recovered, and wil present that to the Court

under seal. Odyssey files herewith its Motion for Protective Order which
references the PSA and the need for assurance prior to fiing that the PSA wil be

kept confidential. Nothing recovered to date from the subject Unidentified
Shipwrecked Vessel confirms an interest in the artifacts of any third party

including the Kingdom of Spain. Odyssey is prepared to release information from
the PSA as directed by the Court to Claimant, Spain, however, given that Odyssey

has found no evidence which would confirm the identity of a ship or an interest of
Spain or any other third party in this particular site , Odyssey submits that there is

nothing which would require that the Kingdom of Spain or any other third party
be given any more specific information other than what is contained in this

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Amended Complaint and the Exhibits which are part of the public record. When
and if Odyssey discovers evidence which confirms that the wreck is that of a

particular ship, Odyssey wil
potential interest.
19.

properly give notice

to any third party with a

Odyssey s survey and recovery operation has been, and wil continue to

, conducted in accordance with all appropriate archaeological protocols and
under the direction of an experienced nautical archaeologist.
20.

Odyssey, its agents and associates, have invested substantial time, money

and effort in locating, surveying and photographing the Unidentified Shipwrecked
Vessel , and in planning the archaeological recovery of the arifacts from the

Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel.
21.

Odyssey, its agents and associates, have been actively, voluntarily and

successfully engaged in the process of reducing artifacts from the Unidentified
Shipwrecked Vessel to the Plaintiffs
exclusive custody, possession,

dominion

and control, as circumstances permit, and Odyssey has the present ability and

intention to continue to do so during the pendency of this action.
22.

Odyssey s recovery of artifacts from this and other sites has been the

subject of intense international media attention especially in Spain. Many
Spanish media reports have been filled with inaccuracies including false claims

that artifacts were recovered ilegally from Spanish terrtorial waters. As a result
of the false reports, and despite Odyssey s continued assurance that no artifacts

have been recovered anywhere near Spanish terrtorial waters, Odyssey became

the subject of a criminal investigation in Spain. In fact, Odyssey became aware

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through the Spanish press that Spanish authorities would intercept and inspect
Odyssey
s vessels (the Ocean Alert and the Odyssey Explorer)

ifthey attempted

to depart Gibraltar where they were docked. Odyssey s attorneys were denied

access to the order, however, and were told that the order was "secret." Odyssey

attempts to appear in its defense were unsuccessful. Thus, Odyssey prepared a
Sworn Statement of Gregory P. Stemm, Odyssey s Cofounder, explaining
Odyssey s actions and the facts surrounding the arrest, the recovery, and the

subsequent claims and baseless detention of Odyssey s ships by Spain. (A copy
of the Sworn Statement including all Exhibits is attached hereto).
23.

Despite the fact that Odyssey provided the Sworn Statement and further information regarding its recovery to Spanish officials, and despite the assurance
of the Spanish criminal judge (Judge Juan Jose Navas Blanquez sitting in

substitution ofthe Judge for the Number Three First Instance and Preliminary
Investigating Court of La Linea de la Concepcion and district - a different judge
from the one who signed the original "secret order ), that Odyssey s vessels would not be boarded without the consent of the Master or forcibly taken to a
Spanish port, on July 12, 2007, while Odyssey was moving its vessel the
Alert

Ocean

from Gibraltar, and while the vessel was in international waters, Spain
seized the vessel

boarded the vessel under protest from the Master and ilegally

forcing it into the Spanish port of Algeciras. Having alerted the Spanish media to
the boarding and seizure, Spanish authorities paraded the
Ocean Alert

along the

coastline for photograph and video opportnities. Additionally, despite her
protests , officials seized the personal computer of one of Odyssey s attorneys

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Marie Rogers, and illegally copied all attorney/client privileged information

regarding Odyssey and other clients. As of the date of this Amended Complaint
the computer has been returned without the hard drive. The original hard drive

and copy are retained in the custody of the court. A formal complaint and request
for the return of the hard drive and all copies taken has been made to the court and

is currently pending decision by the Judge as to the legitimacy of the seizure of
the laptop.

Once in Algeciras, Odyssey s crew and attorneys were forced by the

Spanish officials to sit in the scalding sun for approximately seven hours without

food or water or use of the restroom. Their passports were taken (but returned
later that day) as were all of their electronic equipment (of which the hard drives
have been removed and only the empty laptops returned). The

Odyssey Explorer
of the criminal order and threatened

remains blockaded in Gibraltar by virte

seizure by Spain. Odyssey s rights granted by this Court to continue its recovery
have been restricted by Spain, and Odyssey s damages as a result of Spain
conduct are extensive.
IV.

PLAINTIFF' S CLAIMS
COUNT I

POSSESSORY AND OWNERSHIP CLAIM PURSUANT TO THE LAW OF FINDS
24.

Plaintiff incorporates herein by reference, as though fully set forth herein

the allegations set forth above in paragraphs 1 through 23.

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25.

This count arises under Supplemental Admiralty Rule D and the general
maritime law.

26.

The Plaintiff is, by virte

of

its exclusive possession, dominion and

control of the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel, in possession of the artifacts

recovered form the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel, and has taken such actions

as are necessary to constitute continued possession, dominion and control ofthe
Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel and the recovered artifacts.
27.

As there is no extant owner of the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel or its
artifacts , Odyssey is entitled to an adjudication of title and ownership in the

Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel, and her artifacts, and the right to continue

recovery of the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel and her artifacts without the

interference of any other salvor, claimant, agency, department or instrumentality

of any governent, domestic or foreign.
COUNT II

SALVAGE AWARD CLAIM PURSUANT TO THE LAW OF SALVAGE
28.

Plaintiff incorporates by reference, as though fully set forth herein, the
allegations , set forth above in paragraphs 1 through 27.

29.

This count arises under Supplemental Admiralty Rule C and the general maritime law as salvage services constitute a preferred maritime lien.

30.

The Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel and her artifacts are subject to

maritime peril and are in an utterly helpless condition from which it could not be rescued without the voluntary and successful services of Odyssey, its agents and
associates.

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31.

Plaintiff is under no legal obligation or official duty to render salvage
services to the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel.

32.

Plaintiff s voluntar services have been and wil

continue to be

successful

in rescuing and/or helping to rescue artifacts from the Unidentified Shipwrecked
Vessel in order to investigate and research the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel
and to return the recovered portions thereof to the stream of commerce from
which they were lost.
33.

Plaintiff, by virte

of services performed,

the private risk capital

expended , and the time spent and danger incurred in finding and recovering

artifacts from the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel , is entitled to a liberal salvage
award for such services.
COUNT III

CLAIM FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO PROTECT THE RECOVERY OPERATION
34.

Plaintiff incorporates by reference, as though fully set forth herein, the

allegations set forth above in Paragraphs 1 through 33.
35.

The rights and efforts of the Plaintiff, the economic value and integrty
the artifacts sought, the successful recovery of lost and abandoned property at sea

and the safety oflife and limb mandate that Plaintiff be protected by the Court
maintaining exclusive dominion and control of its recovery activities concerning
the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel without the interference of third parties , for as long as Plaintiff intends to conduct operations at the Unidentified Shipwrecked
Vessel.

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36.

Allowing interference with the Plaintiffs ongoing operations would

substantially and irreparably injure the Plaintiff, would be inequitable, would be
harmful to the public good, would constitute a significant hazard to safe and
successful salvage operations, and would be contrary to a balancing of the respective interests of the parties and the comparative hardships borne.
37.

In order to adequately protect the security and the archaeological integrty

of the Plaintiffs recovery operations, this Court should enter a preliminary
injunction prohibiting any rival salvors or entity from conducting search and/or
recovery operations,

or conducting activities that would disturb the Unidentified
rights

Shipwrecked Vessel in any maner, or would interfere with the Plaintiffs

to continue its recovery of the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel.
COUNT IV

DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
38.

Plaintiff incorporates by reference, as though fully set forth herein, the

allegations set forth above in Paragraphs 1 through 37.
39.

This is an action for a Declaratory Judgment pursuant to 28 US.C.
2201(a).

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40.

The Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel is located on the submerged lands

located within a five mile radius of the center point coordinates provided to the

Court under seal. This is in an area located beyond the terrtorial waters or
contiguous zone of any sovereign nation.
41.
No governent, individual and/or corporation has the authority to

interfere with Odyssey s exploration and/or recovery of the Unidentified

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Shipwrecked Vessel, or to grant, condition or deny the right of Odyssey to do so

in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea; and the Unidentified
Shipwrecked Vessel is subject to the admiralty laws of abandonment and the law
of finds, or the maritime law of salvage.

COUNT V

QUANTUM MERUIT,

CLAIM OF EQUITABLE RELIEF FOR UNJUST ENRICHMENT AND ALLIED THEORIES

42.

Plaintiff incorporates herein by reference, as though fully set forth herein

the allegations set forth in paragraphs 1 through 41.
43.

This cause of action is pled in the alterative to Count II. This cause
action seeks equitable relief, which is within the grounds of relief available to a

federal district court sitting in admiralty. This count is pendent with the remaining causes of action. To the extent that a separate basis of jurisdiction is
required to sustain this count, Plaintiff alleges a diversity of citizenship of the
parties and that the jurisdictional amount of at least $75 000 , as per 28 U.
C. g

1332(a), has been satisfied here. Additionally, insofar as a foreign sovereign may
properly appear in this admiralty action as a claimant, as per 28 US.C.
1607 , this Court would have jurisdiction to adjudicate this count.
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44.

In the event a claimant successfully asserts ownership to all or part of the
Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel, cargo, or effects, and also successfully

disclaims or refuses Plaintiff s salvage rights for the relevant part of the vessel
cargo , or effects, Plaintiff will have incurred substantial costs and expense for the
recovery, stabilization, conservation, curation, identification, and protection of the

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vessel , cargo, and effects, all of which costs and expenses were incurred

reasonably and in good faith by Plaintiff.
45.

Recovery of the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel and any artifacts

therefrom as well as evidence which would support any claimant's interest in the
Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel would necessarly stem from Plaintiffs efforts

in recovering and identifyng the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel and artifacts.
But for the Plaintiffs efforts and the costs

and expenses associated therewith

there would be no recovery and no basis for proof of an interest.
46.

These costs and expenses, both direct and indirect, as incurred by Plaintiff

should be reimbursed and compensated in full by a successful claimant in order to
avoid an unjust enrchment on the part of that claimant , and also on grounds of

quantum meruit inuring in favor of the Plaintiff. Plaintiff would also be entitled
to equitable relief based on other equitable theories.
47.

This Court should determine the reasonable costs and expenses incurred

by Plaintiff, both direct and indirect, as attributable to the recovery, stabilization
conservation , curation, identification, and protection of the vessel, cargo, and
effects , on behalf of any successful claimant within the purview of this count.

This Court should grant an equitable

in specie

award to Plaintiff, compensating

and reimbursing it for its reasonable costs and expenses, to be charged against any property which a successful claimant might receive by order of this Court.

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COUNT VI

CLAIM FOR DAMAGES SPECIFIC TO CLAIMANT, SPAIN
48.

Plaintiff incorporates herein by reference, as though fully set forth herein

the allegations set forth in paragraphs 1 through 47.
49.

In addition to the equitable relief requested in Count V, and irrespective of whether Spain ultimately prevails in its claim against the Unidentified
Shipwrecked Vessel, Plaintiff requests this court grant affirmative relief in its

favor against Claimant, Spain based upon its tortious conduct more specifically

described in paragraph 23 and its active interference with Odyssey s possessor
rights.
50.

Based upon the arrest and this Court' s order, appointing Odyssey
Substitute Custodian, Spain has a duty to refrain from interfering with Odyssey

activities related to the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel.
51.

Spain has clearly interfered with Odyssey s rights and has caused Odyssey
extensive damages including but not limited to:
(a)

costs associated with the forced detention and blockade of

Odyssey s vessels in Gibraltar, (the Ocean Alert and the Odyssey Explorer) including but

not limited to actual costs and lost opportnity;
(b)

costs and expenses related to Odyssey s defense against the

baseless criminal order issued in Spain;

(c)

costs related to the ilegal boarding and seizure of the

Ocean Alert;

including the seizure of personal items from Odyssey s crew and Odyssey s attorney;

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(d)

damages related to any unlawful use or publication of privileged

information seized by Spain;

(e)

damages as a result ofthe unlawful, unfair, and inhumane

treatment of Odyssey s crew and attorneys; and
(f)

damages for loss of reputation caused by Spain s activities and

statements made in public by Spanish authorities including the Minister of Culture
against Odyssey without any factual or legal basis.
PRAYER FOR RELIEF

WHEREFORE , Plaintiff prays for relief as follows:
(a)

that a Declaratory Judgment issue that the Unidentified

Shipwrecked Vessel is subject to the admiralty laws of abandonment and the law of finds
or the maritime law of salvage.
(b)

that a Declaratory Judgment issue that no government has the

jurisdiction or authority to interfere with exploration for and/or recovery of the
Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel , or to grant, condition or deny the right of Odyssey to
do so within international waters in the Mediterranean Sea.
(c)

that Odyssey be adjudged the true, sole and exclusive owner of the

Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel and any items recovered therefrom;
(d)

in the alternative, that should Spain or any claimant other than

Odyssey be adjudged the owner of the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel and/or a
Shipwrecked Vessel which may be found to be related to the Unidentified Shipwrecked
Vessel , or any items recovered therefrom, that Odyssey be awarded a liberal salvage

(g)

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award, with the amount and/or composition of such award as may be determined by this

Court pursuant to the law of salvage;
(e)

that Odyssey be adjudged as having the continued sole and

exclusive right to conduct recovery operations on the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel

to preserve any artifacts recovered from the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel as either
salvor- in- possession or finder-in-possession, without the interference of other third

parties , and that any and all such interference be temporarily and permanently enjoined;
and
(f)

that any third party, including Spain, asserting an interest or filing

a Verified Claim in response to this Amended Complaint give strict proof of its interest and show cause as to why the artifacts recovered from the Unidentified Shipwrecked
Vessel by Odyssey and its associates should not be:
(i)
said arifacts; or

delivered to Odyssey as the sole and exclusive owner of

(ii)

alternatively, sold or appropriately transferred in

satisfaction of any judgment in favor of Odyssey for a salvage award; and
that in the event a claimant successfully asserts ownership to all or

part of the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel and related Unidentified Shipwreck , if any,
its cargo, or effects, and also successfully disclaims or refuses Plaintiffs
salvage rights

for the relevant part of the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel , cargo, or effects, Plaintiff

should receive an equitable

in specie

award to fully reimburse and compensate it for all

costs and expenses, both direct and indirect, for the recovery, stabilization, conservation
curation , and protection of the Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel.

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(h)
Spain.
(i)

that damages be awarded in favor of Odyssey, against Claimant

that Odyssey may have such other and further relief as the justice

of this cause may require.

Respectfully submitted
Dated:

August 6, 2007

s/ Allen yon Spiegelfeld Allen von Spiegelfeld - FBN 256803 avonsp(gfow lerwhite. com Eric C. Thiel- FBN 016267 ethiel(gfowlerwhite. com FOWLER WHITE BOGGS BANKER P. O. Box 1438 Tampa , Florida 33601 [phone]
Facsimile: (813) 229- 8313

Attorneys for Plaintiff

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VERIFICATION

STATE OF FLORIDA

COUNTY OF HILLSBOROUGH

Before me, the undersigned authority, personally appeared this day
Melinda MacConnel, General Counsel, Odyssey Marne Exploration, Inc., who has
produced

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sonallY known

and who was duly sworn and says that she has read the foregoing Amended Complaint

and is familar with its contents which are tre

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best of her information and belief.

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SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me this

day of August

2007.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on August 6, 2007,
I electronically filed the

foregoing with the Clerk of the Court by using the CM/ECF system which wil send
notice of electronic fiing to James A. Goold, Covington

Burling LLP,

1201

Pennsylvania Ave. , NW, Washington,

DC 20004, Attorneys for Claimant, Kingdom of

Spain.

s/ Allen von Spiegelfeld Allen von Spiegelfeld - FBN 256803
avonsp(gfow lerwhite. com

Thiel- FBN 016267 ethiel(gfowlerwhi te. com FOWLER WHITE BOGGS BANKER P. O. Box 1438 Tampa , Florida 33601 [phone] Facsimile: (813) 229- 8313
Eric C.

Attorneys for Plaintiff