Guybon Damant (third from left front row) and his salvage team retrieved 3,186 of 3,211 gold ingots that went down with the HMS Laurentic. The extraordinary operation is revealed for the first time in unprecedented detail by historian Joseph A. Williams in his new book, Sunken Gold. The recovery of the Laurentic's gold is to this day the largest recovery, in weight, of a sunken gold hoard. The mission is described in The Sunken Gold, by Joseph A. Williams (right)'Among these men there have been neither offences, complaints, or punishments. The Sunken Gold, by Joseph A. Williams, will be published by The History Press on October 15 and costs £20.

Source: Daily Mail October 01, 2018 10:59 UTC