The Sunken Gold
First World War Espionage and the Greatest Treasure Salvage in History
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- Paperback
- Release Date
11 December 2026
Summary
On 25 January 1917, HMS Laurentic struck two German mines off the coast of Ireland and sank. The ship was carrying 44 tons of gold bullion to the still-neutral United States in order to finance the war effort for Britain and its allies. Britain desperately needed that sunken treasure, but any salvage had to be secret since the British government dared not alert the Germans to the presence of the gold.
Lieutenant Commander Guybon Damant was the most qualified …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781837054442 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1837054444 |
| Author: | Joseph A. Williams |
| Publisher: | The History Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | The History Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Release Date: | 11 December 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 129mm x 198mm |
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Joseph A. Williams
JOSEPH A. WILLIAMS is a librarian, archivist, and maritime historian. Currently, he is the Deputy Director of the Greenwich Library (CT). He is the author of Seventeen Fathoms Deep (2015) and Four Years Before the Mast (2013).
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