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24th July 2013, 06:56 AM
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Ss gairsoppa
a fantastic achievement, salvors have recovered 99 percent of her silver bullion cargo 61 TONS ,, now they are going to recover another silver bullion cargo from a ship less than 100 miles from gairsoppa. Torpedoed in first world war off west coast of ireland.
Last edited by Tony Wilding; 24th July 2013 at 06:57 AM.

Tony Wilding
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28th July 2013, 07:57 PM
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Re-reading, may be a connection ?

Originally Posted by
Tony Wilding
a fantastic achievement, salvors have recovered 99 percent of her silver bullion cargo 61 TONS ,, now they are going to recover another silver bullion cargo from a ship less than 100 miles from gairsoppa. Torpedoed in first world war off west coast of ireland.
Think this may be related to earlier posts ?
I will re-read all:
LINK 1:
http://www.merchant-navy.net/forum/r...ames-rice.html
LINK 2: http://www.merchant-navy.net/forum/m...ar-graves.html
K.
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