Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "Sunk with 400 bars of gold - The Sinking and Salvage of HMS Edinburgh" video.

  1. After the sinking he was appointed as Chief of Staff to a number of commanders, becoming a Commodore in November, 1943, and a Rear Admiral in July, 1949. He retired in 1952, and died in Taunton in 1969. He was born in Tasmania, by the way.
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  2. The gold was a payment from the USSR to the United States for aid. HMS Edinburgh was part of the escort of an Arctic convoy. It really isn't difficult to grasp if you try hard.
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  3. He was an unlucky Admiral. After two cruisers had been sunk under him, RN seamen began referring to their lifejackets as their 'Bonhams.'
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  4. Nonsense.
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  5.  @richardclarke3924  According to the sources I have read, the gold was a payment to the USA Treasury.
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  6. Because it was a Soviet payment to the USA, not to Britain.
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  7. Possibly not 'nobody.' Just nobody who isn't a neo-nazi.
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  8. Tribals had three twin 4.7 inch guns by mid 1942. X mounting had been replaced by a twin 4 inch AA gun.
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