In May 2007, the company Odyssey Marine Exploration salvaged 17 tonnes of mainly silver and some gold coins from a wreck believed to be the Spanish frigate Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, which blew up and sank in the Action of 5 October 1804. At that time, the Spanish government claimed that they believed the site was in Spanish territorial waters, and for the last 5 years, the Spanish government was fighting for the custody of the treasure, until February 2012, when finally they obtained it, and started the process to take it back to Spain for it study.