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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dafydd, post: 26620225, member: 86815&quot;]<b>SS Longships launched 1917 lost 1939.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a coin I found on Ebay last year ( last month actually ). It was recovered from the SS LONGSHIPS shipwreck of 1939 lost on the Seven Stones Reef.</p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/JC0AAeSwMjFpLYhG/s-l500.webp" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/FOgAAeSwqOJpLYhb/s-l1600.webp" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/GqQAAOSwBO1eFL5b/s-l500.webp" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/9twAAOSw5oZeFL4-/s-l500.webp" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;SS Longships struck the Seven Stones reef, midway between Lands End and the Isles of Scilly, whilst on passage Belfast to Plymouth with a general cargo. The crew were rescued by the St. Mary&#039;s lifeboat and landed at Scilly. Most of the cargo was lost when she broke her back a week after grounding.</p><p>Fortunately there was no loss of life from this sinking. </p><p>The coin itself is very common but to find one recovered from a shipwreck adds some cachet. The coin came in a presentation case with a COA and two photographs. I believe my bid didn&#039;t even pay for the photographs and box so I am grateful for an honest Ebayer for honouring my bid which was only a quarter of what I could have paid if others had bid.</p><p>The seller is a well known diver who was involved in several historical wreck salvages. These are his listing comments.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;This only came to light when my son in law&#039;s father unfortunately died recently and these were in his possession as they had been taken from the wreck by his grandfather . I have lived on Scilly since 1969 and I never knew anything was salvaged from this wreck . Since finding the coins however it seems that a lot of Islanders spent Boxing Day 1939 collecting what they could as the ship carried a general cargo .Someone must have opened the safe and a package of these coins were found&nbsp; Many had their first suits from this ship ! &quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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