Voices From the Deep — the Lost Mail from the SS Gairsoppa

A new exhibit has recently opened at the Postal Museum in London — Voices from the Deep. The exhibit features undeliveredd letters retrieved from the wreck of the SS Gairsoppa, a British merchant ship which was sunk by a U-boat 300 miles southwest of Galway … Continue reading

Odyssey Retrieves Additional 61 Tons of Silver from SS Gairsoppa, Three Miles Deep

Almost exactly a year ago, we posted that Odyssey Marine Exploration had recovered approximately 48 tons of silver  from the wreck of the SS Gairsoppa, a 412-foot British cargo ship which was torpedoed in February of 1941 by a German U-boat.   The wreck … Continue reading