Sunken WWII treasure might set record

Tuddley3 · 09-26-11, 11:25 PM

Torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1941 when it went astray, a British cargo ship carried 219 tons of silver.
http://news.yahoo.com/treasure-hunte...184317733.html

Captain Nemo · 09-27-11, 07:15 AM

An interesting article thanks for posting

. There is a bit more on the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15061868 .

Nemo

09-26-11, 11:25 PM	#1
Tuddley3 Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Augusta, Maine USA Posts: 905 Downloads: 170 Uploads: 0	Sunken WWII treasure might set record Torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1941 when it went astray, a British cargo ship carried 219 tons of silver. http://news.yahoo.com/treasure-hunte...184317733.html

09-27-11, 07:15 AM	#2
Captain Nemo Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 1,144 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	An interesting article thanks for posting. There is a bit more on the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15061868 . Nemo __________________ "I'm afraid there is no disguising the fact that King's obsession with the Pacific and the Battle of Washington cost us dear in the Battle of the Atlantic". Sir John Slessor GCB, DSO, MC, DL AOC-in-C Coastal Command RAF ___________________________________________