Salvaging the Gold from HMS Edinburgh

On 2nd May 1942, after three days of attacks by German submarines, destroyers and aircraft in the Barents Sea, the mortally wounded cruiser HMS Edinburgh was served her coup de grace by a torpedo fired from one of her escorting destroyers, and slid from sight beneath the waves.

The sailors onboard had been saved, but a cargo of four and a half tons of gold bars, carried in the cruiser's bomb room, went to the bottom with her.

Join us at Hornet Services Sailing Club for an enthralling evening with Mike O'Meara who was Senior Diving Supervisor on the recovery vessel Stephaniturm, to hear why HMS Edinburgh was there in the first place and the political scenario around it, how gold was located and the incredible feat of bringing it to the surface.

The itinerary for the evening will be;

18:00 19:30 Galley and Bar open for food and drinks at members own cost.

19:30 21:00 Salvaging the Gold from HMS Edinburgh talk by Mike O'Meara Chairman of the Historical Diving Society

18:00 - 23:00 Bar open throughout

Last updated 5:03am on 18 May 2024