Almost three miles beneath the surface of the Atlantic, deeper than the Titanic,  Odyssey Marine has located the wreck of the S.S. Gairsoppa, which was torpedoed in February of 1941 by a German U-boat.  When she sank, the ship was loaded with silver, pig iron and tea. The 240 tonnes of silver aboard are believed to be worth aproximately $200 million (around £155 million.)  Odyssey plans to begin recovery operations in the spring which, if successful, will be the deepest and largest retrieval of a precious cargo lost at sea in history.

Shipwreck of SS Gairsoppa discovered with £155m silver haul onboard

Thanks to David Rye, Phil Leon and Irwin Bryan for passing the story along.