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To: SES1066

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Edinburgh_(16)

On the return journey, Edinburgh was carrying 4.5 long tons (4,570 kg) of gold bullion back to the UK. The consignment, which had a value of about £1.5 million sterling in 1942 (adjusted for inflation to 2020 pounds, £70,424,755), was a partial payment by the USSR for the supplies of war material and military equipment from the Western Allies. In total the ship had 465 gold ingots in 93 wooden boxes stored in the bomb-room just aft of where the first torpedo - fired from U-456 - struck.


20 posted on 09/08/2020 2:20:49 PM PDT by abb
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Fascinating as I did not know that they had done such a successful recovery of the gold, 460 of the 465. From the Barents Sea, Brrr! Very gallant ship and crew, even so damaged, they were able to sink a large German Destroyer. Thanks for posting!


23 posted on 09/08/2020 2:43:03 PM PDT by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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