The GuardianSilver bullion from sunken WWIIshipmakes it to the Mint at lastThe GuardianThe coins show the doomedshipSS Gairsoppa, which sank on 17 February 1941 off the Irish coast after it was hit by a single German torpedo fired by U-boat U-101 weighed down by 7,000 tonnes of cargo including thousands of tons of pig iron. Most of the ...Silver worth£150m recovered from sunken WWIIshipMINING.comall 10 news articles »