Egypt
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The
Steamship Egypt went down in the English channel after a
collision with the steamship Seine 20.May 1922. She was on voyage from
Essex to India loaded with gold, silver and 338
passengers. The accident happened 28 nautical miles
outside Armen lighthouse in Finistere and she went down
within twenty minutes. 86 people perished in the
sinking. Because of her valuable cargo there was a
strong interest to find her and salvage the cargo. But
first they had to actually find the wreck. This was not
done before 1930, and in 1932 they started using divers
in armored diving suits, and new techniques was invented
more or less over night. From 1932 to 1935 they managed
to rescue nearly all of the cargo. The remains of Egypt
rest today on a depth of 170 meter.
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 Courtesy of Pandosnco  Illustration: David Scott |
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