Did SA miss the boat on sunken treasure?
South Africa signed a deal to salvage R600m of sunken silver without knowing that a British company had already scooped it up.
Source: timeslive.co.za
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South Africa signed a deal to salvage R600m of sunken silver without knowing that a British company had already scooped it up.
When a giant ship heading to Kenya was sunk
In November 1942, SS Tilawa was on its way to Mombasa when it was torpedoed by the Imperial Japanese Navy’s I-29 submarine, claiming 280 lives.
While nobody denies that the R700m in silver belongs to the SA state, refusing to pay a salvage reward is unreasonable
The SS Tilawa was torpedoed northwest of the Maldives by a Japanese submarine in 1942. There 678 survivors, 280 people drowned