Загадки золотых конвоев

The book by the writer and journalist, captain 1st rank Vladimir Shigin is dedicated to the investigation of the circumstances of the death of ships that at different times transported large cargoes of gold. The reader will get acquainted with the history of the legendary “Black Prince” - a British sailing frigate that crashed on the rocks of Balaklava Bay on November 13, 1854 year, with the tragedy of the 2nd Pacific Squadron of the Russian Fleet, which suffered a terrible defeat on May 14-15, 1905 in the bloody Battle of Tsushima. The author will also tell about the mystery of the German cruiser Magdeburg, which ran aground near the island of Odensholm on August 25, 1914 and was blown up by its crew, about the Flying Dutchmen of the Land of the Soviets, about the English cruiser Edinburgh, which carried 5.5 tons of Soviet gold in its hold for payment of Lend-Lease cargoes and died on May 2, 1942 in a battle with German ships.

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