Treasure ship packed with silver found in Atlantic

The wreck of a World War II cargo ship containing more than $200 million worth of silver has been discovered deep in the Atlantic Ocean.

The British-flagged merchant ship SS Gairsoppa was sunk by a German U-boat as it headed for the Irish port of Galway in 1941.

The wreck has now been discovered, 4.7 kilometres down on the Atlantic sea floor about 500 kilometres from the Irish coast.

Search crews from American exploration firm Odyssey Marine say the wreck contains about 200 tonnes of silver worth $236 million.

It is the largest haul of precious metal ever found at sea — via redwolf.newsvine.com