(Updates with closing share price in second paragraph.)

Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. rose the most in four months after the Daily Mail reported that the U.S. company is expected to be employed to recover the wreck of British warship H.M.S. Victory, which sank in 1744.

Odyssey climbed 9.6 percent to $3.32 in New York, the biggest gain since Sept. 23.]

--Editor: Simon Casey

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