article_snippet: This image shows the excavation in process .
article_snippet: The boats were highly profitable and saw the goods The boats carried selling for 200 to 700 per cent more than The boats had in peacetime, Archaeology.org reported.
article_snippet: In Great Britain short lifetime, Great Britain is believed to have been chased by a US Navy blockader but escaped, leading the crew to throw 100 bales of cotton, worth $100,000 overboard to lighten the load.
article_snippet: On its final voyage Great Britain was loaded with canned meat and guns.
article_snippet: With the crew scrambling for lifeboats, Great Britain sank rapidly.