The SS Gairsoppa

Unknown1940

The Postal Museum
London, United Kingdom

This is the only surviving photo of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo steamship, the SS Gairsoppa, built on Tyneside in 1919. The Gairsoppa sank in 1941 and has lain undisturbed – resting a mile deeper than the Titanic – ever since.

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Title: The SS Gairsoppa
Creator: Unknown
Date Created: 1940
Rights: Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte, Stuttgart

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