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On January 25, 1917, HMS Laurentic struck two German mines from the coast of Ireland and sank. The ship was hauling 44 tons of gold bullion to the still-neutral USA via Canada in order to funding the war effort for Britain and its allies. Britain frantically needed that sunken treasure, but any salvage needed to be secret, since the British authorities dared not alert the Germans to the presence of the gold. Lieutenant Commander Guybon Damant was the most certified officer to brain the risky mission. Outdoors gales battered the wreck in to the shape associated with an accordion, turning the operation into a multiyear struggle of man versus characteristics. As the warfare raged on, Damant was called from the salvage to lead a team of covert divers to research and search through the details of recently sunk U-boats for ciphers, minefield schematics, and other secrets. The info they obtained, once in the hands of British intelligence, proven critical toward Allied attempts to defeat the U-boats and gain the war. But Damant got become enthusiastic about doing his long-deferred mission. His team battled for five more years as it became apparent that the work could be achieved only by muscle, grit, and persistence. Using newly uncovered sources, creator Joseph A. Williams provides the first full-length profile of the search for the Laurentic's gold. More than an unbelievable storyline about undersea diving trip, The Sunken Gold is a story of human persistence, bravery, and patriotism.
