Quite an impressive recovery considering the ship in Davy Jones' locker sat nearly 3 miles from the surface ....... I wonder what that silver heading to "Great" Britain from India was supposed to buy or secure .... about a quarter billion in today's "dollars" ........ Tampa firm recovers 48 tons of silver from sunken ship - Orlando Sentinel
background: 1941 treasure ship SS Gairsoppa, sunk by Nazi U-boat, found with 240-ton silver - What's On Ningbo
The silhouette seen by the German periscope:
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"If the race is good, so is the place." --Ralph Waldo Emerson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3ifRA0Kj-8 [Tavern scene w/ the German girl-captive]
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