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020			_a9781613737583 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1613737580 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)971129653
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100	1		_aWilliams, Joseph A., _d1973- _eauthor. _9338824
245	1	4	_aThe sunken gold : _ba story of World War I espionage and the greatest treasure salvage in history / _cJoseph A. Williams.
263			_a1709
264		1	_aChicago, Illinois : _bChicago Review Press Incorporated, _c[2017]
264		4	_c©2017
300			_axi, 336 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPart I. The Titanic in miniature -- The Damants of Cowes -- The U-boat war -- "I have no good word to say for it" -- The lake of shadows -- Through the looking glass -- Spark -- Suffer -- SOS -- Loch Striven -- Abandon ship! -- The inspector -- The cold sea -- The fortunes of House Damant -- Part II. The Council of the Sea Lords -- Twenty fathoms deep -- The path to the strong room -- The storm -- "Give me more air" -- Part III. Schooling in salvage -- Codes and ciphers -- The U-boat hunter -- Underwater espionage -- Part IV. "Every prospect of success" -- The return to Lough Swilly -- Invincible -- "A pity to give up" -- "Like lambs" -- "His sturdy optimism" -- Rewards -- Speculating in gold.
520			_aOn January 25, 1917, HMS Laurentic struck two German mines off the coast of Ireland and sank. The ship was carrying 44 tons of gold bullion to the still-neutral United States via Canada in order to finance the war effort for Britain and its allies. Britain desperately needed that sunken treasure, but any salvage had to be secret since the British government dared not alert the Germans to the presence of the gold. Lieutenant Commander Guybon Damant was the most qualified officer to head the risky mission. Wild gales battered the wreck into the shape of an accordion, turning the operation into a multiyear struggle of man versus nature. As the war raged on, Damant was called off the salvage to lead a team of covert divers to investigate and search through the contents of recently sunk U-boats for ciphers, minefield schematics, and other secrets. The information they obtained, once in the hands of British intelligence, proved critical toward Allied efforts to defeat the U-boats and win the war. But Damant had become obsessed with completing his long-deferred mission. His team struggled for five more years as it became apparent that the work could only be accomplished by muscle, grit, and persistence. Using newly discovered sources, author Joseph A. Williams provides the first full-length account of the quest for the Laurentic's gold. More than an incredible story about undersea diving adventure, The Sunken Gold is a story of human persistence, bravery, and patriotism.
610	2	0	_aLaurentic (Steamship : 1909-1917) _9338825
600	1	0	_aDamant, Guybon Chesney Castell, _d1881-1963. _9338826
650		0	_aWorld War, 1914-1918 _xNaval operations, British. _9338827
650		0	_aShipwrecks _zIreland _zSwilly, Lough, Region _xHistory _y20th century. _9338828
650		0	_aMines (Military explosives) _zIreland _zSwilly, Lough, Region _xHistory _y20th century. _9338829
650		0	_aTreasure troves _zIreland _zSwilly, Lough, Region _xHistory _y20th century. _9338830
650		0	_aSalvage _zIreland _zSwilly, Lough, Region _xHistory _y20th century. _9338831
650		0	_aEspionage, British _xHistory _y20th century. _9294584
650		0	_aSubmarines (Ships) _zGermany _xHistory _y20th century. _9244424
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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