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Divers Set Sights on Silver-Laden WWII Ship

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"Divers have found the wreck intact and they estimate its cargo at up to 240 tons of silver, a trove worth over $200M."

New York Times, William Broad

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In 1941, a Nazi torpedo tore a hole in a British merchant ship carrying a fortune in silver to England from India. The ship was part of a convoy headed for Liverpool, but it went down about 300 miles southwest of Ireland, disappearing in icy waters nearly three miles deep, deeper than the resting place of the Titanic.

Now, divers say they have found the wreck intact and they estimate its cargo at up to 240 tons of silver—a trove worth more than $200 million. They plan to recover it this spring. . .View Full Article


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