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Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by Gary Kinder
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by Gary Kinder
The Central America, a great paddle-wheeler, was lost in a storm 200 miles off the coast of Carolina in 1857, and now lies very deep. Down with her went 428 passengers, many of them gold-miners, and 21 tons of gold.
Diver, December 1989, told of the discovery of the wreck just after engineer Tommy Thompson flew an ROV low over the remains in water more than 2400m deep, and saw a seabed carpeted with gold - gold bars, gold coins, gold nuggets and even gold dust!
Now here is the book of the wreck: the complete story with eye-witness accounts of the sinking, right through to the recovery of tons of gold worth millions. This is one thriller that every wreck diver will want to read - even if it is a bit deep for your average diver.
Oddly, there are no photographs of any recoveries. Kendall McDonald |
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by Gary Kinder. Little, Brown & Co (0171 911 8000). Hardback, £16.99.
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