THE EGYPT’S BULLION
SWEDISH OFFER TO SALVAGE IT London, March 8. A Swedish engineering company has offered to salvage a million pounds’ worth of bullion sunk aboard the Egypt on May 30, 1922. Captain Sir Frederick Young, who superintended tho raising of ■ the Vindictive and Oceanic, declares that twenty fathoms ■'» the utmost depth from which vessels can now bo raised, whereas the Egypt lies in sixty-five fathoms.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
[Tho P. and O. liner Egypt was sunk off Ushant after collision with a French vessel, 15 passengers and 80 of the crew being reported missing. H.M.S. Vindictive was sunk at tho entrance to Zeobrugge Harbour in 1917 with the object of blocking the fairway and preventing its use by German submarines. The Oceanic, an auxiliary cruiser, was wrecked off tho Scottish coast on September 8, 1914. Tho vessel at the time of tho wreck was carrying a considerable cargo of gold specie.]
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19230310.2.13
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 148, 10 March 1923, Page 4
Word Count
152THE EGYPT’S BULLION Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 148, 10 March 1923, Page 4
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.