The sunken gold: a story of World War I espionage and the greatest treasure salvage in history 9781613737613, 9781613737583, 9781613737590, 9781613737606, 1613737599, 1613737610

On January 25, 1917, HMS Laurentic struck two German mines off the coast of Ireland and sank. The ship was carrying 44 t

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The sunken gold: a story of World War I espionage and the greatest treasure salvage in history
 9781613737613, 9781613737583, 9781613737590, 9781613737606, 1613737599, 1613737610

Table of contents :
Part I --
The Titanic in miniature --
The Damants of Cowes --
The U-boat war --
"I have no good word to say for it" --
The lake of shadows --
Through the looking glass --
Spark --
Suffer --
S.O.S --
Loch Striven --
Abandon ship! --
The inspector --
The cold sea --
The fortunes of House Damant --
Part II --
The Council of the Sea Lords --
Twenty fathoms deep --
The path to the strong room --
The storm --
"Give me more air" --
Part III --
Schooling in salvage --
Codes and ciphers --
The U-boat hunter --
Underwater espionage --
Part IV --
"Every prospect of success" --
The return to Lough Swilly --
Invincible --
"A pity to give up" --
"Like lambs" --
"His sturdy optimism" --
Rewards --
Speculating in gold.

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