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SS Gairsoppa
The SS ''Gairsoppa'' was a British steam merchant ship built in Jarrow and launched in 1919. After a long civilian career, she saw service during the Second World War. She was named in honour of the town of Gersoppa on the banks of river Sharavathi in Karnataka, India, which due to its easy access to water transportation and as a distribution centre for crops including pepper, was the commercial capital for centuries.
She sailed with several convoys, before joining Convoy SL 64 in February 1941. ''Gairsoppa'' left the convoy when she exhausted the majority of her fuel and was making her way to Galway, Ireland, when a German U-boat fired a torpedo that sank her and sent 85 people to their deaths.
The wreck of the ''Gairsoppa'' was discovered in 2011, and it was announced that an operation to recover its cargo of silver bullion, with an estimated value of £150 million, would begin in 2012. On 18July 2013 Odyssey Marine Exploration, of Tampa, Florida, reported that it had recovered 48 tons of silver, making this probably "the deepest, largest precious metal recovery in history" (as the ''Gairsoppa'' rests in of water).〔(Record treasure hauled from shipwreck ) by Amanda Onion. Wed Jul 18, 2012 09:42 AM ET, Discovery News.〕
==Description==
''Gairsoppa'' was long, with a beam of . She had a depth of and a draught of . She was propelled by a 517 nhp triple expansion steam engine driving a single screw propeller. The engine was built by Palmers. It had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=LLOYD'S REGISTER, NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET A MOTEURS )〕 It could propel the ship at .〔
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