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The Laurentic

Off Fanad Head, County Donegal

A liner carrying 43 tons of gold, sunk by German mines.

The liner Laurentic, serving as an armed cruiser, was carrying 3,211 bars of gold, about 43 tons, to pay for war supplies when she hit two mines off Lough Swilly. 354 men died.

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When
25 January 1917
Where
55.3000, -7.5300
Group
Shipwrecks

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A memorial is at Portsalon. Fanad Head lighthouse overlooks the site.

Cover of Blood and Gold by Cale Mills
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Blood and Gold

Sixteen true stories of mutiny, mercy, treasure and the gallows from the Golden Age of Piracy: Henry Every, Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts, Edward England, Howell Davis, Christopher Moody, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Charles Vane, Benjamin Hornigold, Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, Israel Hands, Calico Jack, Edward Low, Captain William Kidd and Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy. Where the record is uncertain, the book says so.

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