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English name: HMS Edinburgh is a town-class light cruiser of the British Royal Navy and the first of the last two city-class light cruisers called Edinburgh sub-class. The Edinburgh served in World War II and experienced many battles, especially in the North Sea and the Arctic Ocean. It was sunk by a German submarine at 1942.

Edinburgh in history:

Edinburgh was founded by Swan Hunter and Wigan Richardson (Swan Hunter &; Wigham Richardson was built in Newcastle upon Tyne. Edinburgh is a fast cruiser with a total length of 6 13.6 feet (187.0 meters), a width of 64.9 feet (19.8 meters) and a draft of 22.6 feet (6.9 meters). The four shafts are driven by four Parsons gear reduction turbines, and the steam is provided by four Taiwan military three-drum boilers. The total power is 82,500 shaft horsepower (62 MW), the displacement is 10635 tons, the design speed is 32.25 knots, and the maximum speed is 33 knots. Sail 8000 nautical miles at a cruising speed of 14 knots.

Edinburgh's armor is worth mentioning. Its main armor is 4.88 inches (124 mm), and its thinnest part is 1.5 inches (38. 1 mm), which is the thickest among British light cruisers. Like combat cruisers, light cruisers are designed to be fast enough to avoid being hit, without the heavy armor of battleships.

19361936 started construction at Swan Hunter Shipyard on February 30th, and was launched on March 30th. 1938 was put into trial operation on July 6th. 1939.

After that, it experienced many battles in the North Sea and the Arctic Ocean.

Last voyage, sunken treasure

As the commander of QP 1 1 escort fleet, the Edinburgh is Major General Stewart? Bonham? Stuart bonham Carter's flagship set out from Murmansk on April 28th to escort the 17 transport ship.

On April 30, the German submarine U-456 hit the starboard side of Edinburgh with a torpedo, which caused her to start to tilt seriously, but the crew quickly closed the watertight door, so that the cruiser did not sink immediately. Soon after, U-456 fired a second torpedo, which hit the stern and destroyed the steering equipment, causing serious damage. The destroyer HMS Foresight and three minesweepers HMS Gossamer, HMS Harrier and HMS Hussar tried to tow the Edinburgh back to Murmansk, and along the way, the Edinburgh was constantly attacked by German torpedo bombers.

On May 2, the Edinburgh was attacked by German destroyers Z7, Z24 and Z25 when it approached Bear Island at a very slow speed under the action of towing and self-sustaining.

The Edinburgh untied the towing cable and began to sail in circles. Although the artillery was disorganized, it opened fire on German ships. The second volley passed through Z7, causing serious damage to it and forcing its crew to abandon the ship. The escort fleet of Edinburgh only dispersed Z24 and Z25, but the stern of Edinburgh was hit by a torpedo that missed its original target, just the opposite of the first torpedo hit by U-456. At present, only the deck of the Edinburgh is still connected with the keel, which may break at any time, so the crew abandoned the ship and moved to the tulle and the harrier respectively. Two officers and 56 soldiers were killed in the attack. The brave action of the minesweeper made the Germans misjudge the military strength they faced.

Harrier tried to shell the Edinburgh with 4 inches, but it didn't work to hit 20 shells, and throwing depth charges on the side didn't help either. In the end, Vision sank the Edinburgh with the last torpedo (the rest had been shot at the German destroyer).

Gold on the ship

On this voyage, the Edinburgh carried about 4.5 tons (4,570 kilograms) of gold, which was part of the payment made by the Soviet Union to the Allied Forces. 465 gold bars are packed in 93 wooden cases, located in the armored ammunition depot on the starboard side, near the hit point of the first torpedo. At that time, the valuation of this batch of gold was 6.5438+0.5 million pounds.

1954, the British government authorized Risdon? Bizzelli Limited saved the Edinburgh. However, due to the tension with the Soviet Union, the project was put on hold. 1957 The sunken ship was designated as a war tomb, which made the salvage attempt out of reach.

In the late1970s, interest in sunken Edinburgh revived, and the British government became more and more eager to take back the gold bars, not only because of its value, but also because it was increasingly worried that the sunken ship would be plundered by private individuals, or worse, salvaged by the nearby Soviet Union.

1In the early 1980s, experienced diver Keith? Jessop obtained the right to salvage the Edinburgh for his company, Jessop Shipping Company. Jessop's method is to use complicated cutting equipment, which is considered to be more suitable for war cemeteries than other companies' methods of using explosives.

1981April, the salvage ship Dammtor of Jessop Maritime Company began to search for this sunken ship in Barents Sea. After only 10 days, the Damto is about 72? N 35？ A sunken ship was found about 400 kilometers northeast of kola peninsula (NNE), with a depth of about 245 meters (800 feet). Damto took detailed images of the sunken ship with a special camera, which enabled Jessop and his divers to carefully plan the salvage operation.

Later that year, on August 30, the diving support ship Stephaniturm arrived at the scene and the salvage operation began. Some divers were injured in salvage, but on September 15, a diver entered the ammunition compartment and brought back a gold bar. Of the 465 gold bars, 65438+4,365,438+0 was fished out before the bad weather forced the diving operation to be suspended on1October 7, when the value was over 43 million pounds. Another 29 pieces were picked up in the follow-up fishing operation of 1986. But there are still five pieces missing.

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