Shipwrecks & Lost Treasures of the Seven Seas

Cargoes of precious and non-ferrous metal lost in very deep waters


Short list of high value cargoes lost at sea in the deep
(20th century)

by Pascal Kainic


 

 Nature of the cargo

Approximate depth (meters)

 
 3 million ounces silver3.000 
 4.500 tons tin4.500 
 6.000 tons copper, 500 tons tin, 300 tons cobalt4.500 
 1.400 tons tin4.500 
 8.500 tons zinc, 175 bars silver1.800 
 6.000 tons copper, 1.600 tons tungsten2.700 
 2.000 tons tin4.500 
 2 tons of gold4.500 
 18.500 tons of copper concentrates4.500 
 7.000 tons copper1.800 
 100.000 ouces gold1.800 
 4.500 tons copper3.000 
 3.250.000 ounces gold4.500 
 2.000 tons tin, 800 tons tungsten4.500 
 6.000 tons copper, 900 tons tin, 400 tons cobalt3.600 
 4.000 tons copper1.800 
 3.500 tons copper600 
 1 million ounces silver360 
 10.000 ounces gold1.800 
 3.000 tons copper3.000 
 1.000 tons tin1.800 
 1.400 tons tin600 
 1.000 tons tin4.500 
 3.500 tons tin, 82 tons cobalt4.500 
 750 tons tin4.500 
 3.000 tons copper900 
 700 tons tin, small quantity of gold1.500 
 1.000 tons tin2.700 
 4.400 tons copper4.500 
 800 tons tin3.000 
 3.500 tons copper3.000 
 3.000 tons copper1.800 
 2.000 tons copper, 4.000 ounces platinum600 
 Diamonds4.500 
 1.500.000 ounces silver3.600 
 3.000 tons copper3.600 
 1.700 tons copper, 80 tons cobalt3.000 
 2 tons of gold5.400 
 1.500 tons tin4.500 
 8.000 tons nickel5.000 
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