Tag: SS Gairsoppa

• Wednesday, July 24th 2013 - 06:40 UTC

  Treasure explorers recover 61 tons of silver bullion in waters three miles deep

  

  Odyssey Marine Exploration said it has recovered more than 61 tons of silver bullion this month from a depth of nearly three miles. This recovery of bullion from the SS Gairsoppa, a 412-foot steel-hulled British cargo ship that sank in February 1941, consists of 1,574 silver ingots weighing about 1,100 ounces each or almost 1.8 million troy ounces in total, sets a new record for the deepest and largest precious metal recovery from a shipwreck. The silver has been transported to a secure facility in UK.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2011 - 23:45 UTC

  Odyssey locates British WW II shipwreck with 200m silver haul onboard

  

  A British cargo ship sunk during the Second World War has been discovered in the Atlantic with the world's largest ever haul of precious metal onboard.