Table of Contents
SS Tubantia - the hunt for gold of the Tubantia 1
Departure from Amsterdam 3
The Investigation 5
Treasure of the Tubantia 5
Diving the Tubantia 8
SS Elbe - porcelain from the deep 10
The collision 12
Everyone fights for their life 13
Investigation into the disaster 15
Diving the Elbe 15
SS Justicia - The Dutch Titanic 17
The attack 19
The final blow 20
Dive in the open ocean 20
Exploring the bow 21
Return to the Dutch Titanic 23
The gold seekers of the Renate Leonardt 24
Was there gold on board? 26
The tower of the gold fishermen 27
Only a few metres away from 72 million Guilders 28
It has to happen now! 30
New candidates show up 32
The press takes notice 32
The wreck in 2008 34
Finally on the wreck myself! 36
SS Drummoncd Castle - on the way to her doom 37
Dive into the past 40
First survey of the wreck 41
Expedition 2000 41
SS Leopoldville - the Congo boat torpedoed 44
A floating palace 46
Christmas Eve 1944 46
The rescue operation 46
Diving on the Leopoldville 49
Further exploration of the wreck 49
Entrance in to the machine room 52
A wreck that doesn't leave you untouched 53
SS Albertville - a luxury mail ship sinks 56
The war years 58
A forgotten shipwreck 60
A cautious journey 62
Exploration of the forecastle 63
The frigate Lutine - the golden treasure of the tormentor 64
The islanders take their chance 66
The first helmet divers enter the wreck 68
The English arrive and make a second attempt 69
The gold-searcher's tower of Frans Beckers 70
The largest tin mining dredger is a marvel 70
New Zealanders are struck by gold fever 71
Fifteenth search for gold 71
Tombstone for Captain Skinner 71
The MS Christiaan Huygens - art treasures from a shipwreck 72
Antwerp 1945 74
A dive into the unknown 75
The first bronze statues 75
Research in the archive 75
Searching the wreck 78
Diving the Huygens 78
SS Natal - collision in the night 83
Save our soUls 85
An underwater museum at 130m down 87
Organisation of a complex dive 88
First exploration of the wreck 90
Second deep dive in three days 92
Roompot - sunk eight miles from her home port 93
Beached 95
The sinking 95
The discovery 96
Protected monument 99
The theft 100
Baloeran - the floating palace 101
Ta ken over by hostile powers 104
A loved diving object 106
Hugo Geijteman: Wreck diver in heart and soul 106
SS Egypt - The gold of the SS Egypt 107
Partie on board 109
Searching for a needle in a haystack 111
The divining rod of Father Innocentius 112
Where is the gold? 113
Another ship is bought 114
Diving expeditions to the wreck 116
Testing the equipment 117
The decompression of half a working day 118
SS Kursk - the crystal of the Tsar 119
Storm on the North Sea 120
The Kursk is missing 121
Unknown wreck at 13 miles 122
Diving the Kursk 122
SS Leerdam - emigrants and pedigree cattle 124
Rescue mission at sea 126
Finally back on solid ground 127
Salvage of a valuable cargo 128
Diving the wreck 129
SS Warrior - the lost battle of the HMS Warrior 131
Discovery 132
Plan your dive and dive your plan 135
Trip along the swimming pool 135
The SS Laurentic - the record salvage of 43 tons of gold 137
A rich cargo 138
Salvage fever 139
Last attempt 141
Diving the Laurentic 143
