Book Three Unit Thirty-two

The salvage operation which had been launched by the ship of Elkor for weeks on the Barents Sea proved to be completely unsuccessful. Though the captain had received a radio message instructing him to give up the search, he decided to try once more
because of the sunken ship fully loaded with gold bullion. After a thorough search of the sea bed with powerful nets, a chest was raised from the bottom. The crew took it for
granted that the lost ship had been found. Yet the contents of the chest were
disappointing as the chest was full of the personal belongings of a seaman, Alan
Fielding. Nevertheless, the crew did their utmost to rescue this sunken ship. Though
the precious cargo of gold bullion had not been found, a large number of items which
were brought to the surface were worth interesting. From a heavy gun and an
unfinished letter which was found in another chest owned by this ship's officer, togther with parts of the recognizable log book, the captain was able to learn that the ship must have been a cruiser and the name of the crusier was the Karen. The Karen had been
sailing in convoy to Russia when she was torpedoed by an enemy submarine. Later, a naval official at the Ministry of Defence confirmed this piece of information after the
Elkor had returned home. All the items that were found were sent to the War Museum.