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Billion Dollar Wreck Season 1 Episodes

  • 2016-2016
  • 1 Season
  • History Channel
  • Reality
  • TV-PG
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Martin Bayerle, who first located the sunken RMS Republic in 270 feet of water south of the island Nantucket in 1981, makes his second major recovery mission to the wreck. The vessel, built in 1903 and sunk when she was inadvertently rimmed broadside in poor visibility in 1909, is rumored to have on board untold millions in face-value gold coins - an amount that could exceed $1 Billion in today's currency values. Bayerle, who was once imprisoned for manslaughter after shooting and killing a man who was having an affair with his wife and attempted to extort money from Bayerle to leave, may possess better information as to where on the wreckage the gold may rest; he's assembled a group of proven salvers, including his own son, to dive, explore, and if possible recover the entombed riches.

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

9 Episodes 2016 - 2016

Episode 1

The Mysterious Treasure of the Republic

Mon, Feb 8, 201642 mins

Treasure hunter Martin Bayerle and his son return to the wreck that nearly destroyed their family, on an expedition to solve the mystery of the RMS Republic.

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Episode 2

Diver Down

Mon, Feb 15, 201642 mins

Martin unravels more of the mystery behind the Republic's treasure. And, during an attempt to recover the gold a panicking diver has an accident that puts his life in jeopardy and threatens to shut the mission down.

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Episode 3

Doomed to Repeat

Mon, Feb 22, 201642 mins

When the ship's generator fails, and diver Mark's condition worsens, the crew must head back to port. And a devastated Martin recalls his failed 1987 Republic dive and the crushing effect it had on his life.

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Episode 4

The Gold Chamber of Secrets

Mon, Feb 29, 201642 mins

Martin follows the money trail through history and identifies a mysterious transaction with a Russian banker that may prove the gold is aboard the RMS Republic, while he and the salvage crew return to the wreck and zero in on her bounty.

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Episode 5

How It Went Down

Mon, Mar 7, 201642 mins

When a diver gets tangled in the wreck, and another line compromises the ship's propeller, Tim suits up and dives into harm's way. Martin quarrels over the location of the gold chamber. Plus, the shooting that landed Martin in prison is finally revealed.

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Episode 6

The Price of Gold

Mon, Mar 14, 201642 mins

A dive on the port side of the wreck yields a piece of the past, and a suspicious boat is spotted nearby.

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Episode 7

The Mystery Deepens

Mon, Mar 21, 201642 mins

Grant challenges his father's strategy and forces a new approach to recovering the bounty of the Republic.

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Episode 8

The Lure of the Republic

Mon, Mar 28, 201642 mins

Grant challenges his father's strategy and forces a new approach to recovering the bounty of the Republic.

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Episode 9

The Gold Rush

Mon, Apr 4, 201642 mins

The crew makes a run at Republic's treasure, and faces down a destructive storm.

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