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The wreck of the freighter SS Gairsoppa has been found!

Members of Odyssey Marine Exploration announced on 26 September 2011 that they have successfully found and preliminarily investigated the wreck of the British freighter SS Gairsoppa. The ship, carrying a cargo of 200 tonnes of silver, had been sunk by a German U-boat in 1941. The 125-metre long freighter SS Gairsoppa was almost at the end of its service life. Salvage work has now begun in July 2012.