Gold of the cruiser Edinburgh
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During the Second World War, the allied convoys delivered vital weapons, supplies and food to the Soviet Union along the shortest route through the polar seas. Strategic raw materials were taken back. German ships, submarines and planes tried to disrupt these transportation and inflicted heavy losses to the convoys. In April 1942, the English cruiser Edinburgh accompanied Iceland to the reverse KP-11 convoy, but was torpedoed by a submarine in the Barents Sea. Later, the German destroyers attacked him and achieved another torpedo hit. The cruiser had to be flooded, but with it a load of 5.5 tons of gold, designed to pay for military supplies, went to the bottom. Only in 1981, most of the gold was raised from a depth of 260 meters, which was a record for that time. In 1986, 29 more gold merges were raised from the bottom, although 5 ingots remained somewhere in the hold of a sunk ship.
About the last battle of the edinburg cruiser, about a difficult and dangerous rise in precious cargo from cold depths, this book tells
About the last battle of the edinburg cruiser, about a difficult and dangerous rise in precious cargo from cold depths, this book tells
Author:
Author:Больных А.Г.
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:History & Geography
- Category:Military Books
- Category:Historical Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:12+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-4484-4035-9
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