"...The ship carrying the
valuable cargo was the S.S.
Gairsoppa, a vessel of the
British Indian Steam
Navigation Company that
was named for a
spectacular waterfall near
India's western coast. In
December 1940, it sailed
from Calcutta laden with
tea, iron and tons of silver.
In Freetown, Sierra Leone,
the ship joined a military
convoy headed to the
British Isles
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