Secrets of RMS Niagara david rainsbury Chapter 1: Gloucester

Chapter 1: Gloucester

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Secrets of RMS Niagara david rainsbury Chapter 1: GloucesterAt the outbreak of World War Two, the Bank of England was shipping gold to America to purchase arms and munitions. In June 1940, RMS Niagara was secretly carrying 8 tons of British gold when it hit a German mine and sank off New Zealand. The Royal Navy declared salvage was impossible because the water was too deep, so the desperate Bank of England offered the job to a retired sea captain, John Williams. Within weeks, Williams hired a deep sea diver,