Buy this book on-line BEASANT**, JOHN: : STALIN'S SILVER.**LONDON.BLOOMSBURY,1995. ISBN 0747523444.
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On the night of 28 August 1944,three torpedoes from the German submarine U-859 sank the American merchant ship USS John Barry in the Arabian Sea off the eastern seaboard of Oman.The holds of the John Barry contained 3 million silver Saudi riyals worth 80 million dollars(US) and over 300 million dollars(US) in silver bullion.The 7,200-ton ship broke into two pieces and sank to a depth of 8,500 feet, more than one and a half miles.
For forty-five years the great depth of the wreck ruled out any thoughts of salvage.However,in 1989 salvage rights were acquired by Sheikh Ahmed Farid al Aulaqi who engaged the French International Maritime Institute and Jean Roux,leader of the team which recovered artefacts from the Titanic.Roux and his team have developed technology which has resulted in an operation of deep-sea recovery never before possible.
In 'Stalin's Silver' the story of the USS
John Barry is recreated with the help of living survivors,including one of the German U-boat officers, and the mystery of the intended destination of 300 million
dollars in silver is resolved.Stalin's Silver is as much a sensational story of politics and intrigue between governments during WW2 as it is the story of the salvage of the world's most valuable and mysterious sunken treasure. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of BEASANT**, JOHN: : STALIN'S SILVER.**. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. BEASANT**, JOHN: : STALIN'S SILVERLONDON.BLOOMSBURY,1995. ISBN 0747523444.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn but price-clipped to dw/dj.Colour photographic dw/dj with minimal shelf-wear; negligible creasing to edges and corners,no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned - as usual/normal - but clean; contents bright,tight and clean also.Black paper-covered,unblemished boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate,clean,plain sets of white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp,viipp+1-216pp includes half-title+title pages,contents list,a preface, 11 chapters,appendices(2),b/w map frntis, b/w diagrams,24pp photographs - most in colour and an index.
On the night of 28 August 1944,three torpedoes from the German submarine U-859 sank the American merchant ship USS John Barry in the Arabian Sea off the eastern seaboard of Oman.The holds of the John Barry contained 3 million silver Saudi riyals worth 80 million dollars(US) and over 300 million dollars(US)in silver bullion.The 7,200-ton ship broke into two pieces and sank to a depth of 8,500 feet, more than one and a half miles.For forty-five years the great depth of the wreck ruled out any thoughts of salvage. However,in 1989 salvage rights were acquired by Sheikh Ahmed Farid al Aulaqi who engaged the French International Maritime Institute and Jean Roux,leader of the team which recovered artefacts from the Titanic.Roux and his team have developed technology which has resulted in an operation of deep-sea recovery never before possible.In 'Stalin's Silver' the story of the USS John Barry is recreated with the help of living survivors,including one of the German U-boat officers,and the mystery of the intended destination of 300 million dollars in silver is resolved.Stalin's Silver is as much a sensational story of politics and intrigue between governments during WW2 as it is the story of the salvage of the world's most valuable and mysterious sunken treasure.
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