Turbantia’s Gold
SALVAGE SHIP TO SAIL GREAT SECRECY OBSERVED By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright] LONDON, Afay 14. The salvage ship Reclaimer has been crctly fitted out and is sailing from indcrland to search for over £1,000,10 worth of gold on board the Dutch earner Turbantia, which was torpe »ed in the North Sea in 1916. The Turbantia carried gold bullion, so securities valued at millions which ere intended to bolster up German edit in South America. Her deparire and mission were kept so secret tat a German submarine torpedoed her I the Belgian coast. The gold was dden in hundreds of cheeses. Only one man on the Reclaimer lows the exact position, which he will )t disclose until the diners are ready • descend.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 114, 16 May 1931, Page 8
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