Man buys WWI shipwreck for $400 on Facebook Marketplace

UK Man Buys World War I Shipwreck For Rs 34,000 Only On Facebook

The 3,300-tonne, 330ft long cargo ship that Dom Robinson bought for Rs 34,000 was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Cornwall.

Man buys WWI shipwreck for $400 on Facebook Marketplace

Browse Facebook Marketplace and you’ll encounter an assortment of odd finds: vintage lamps, used socks, a car engulfed in flames. Dom Robinson found a 3,300-ton, 330ft long cargo ship that sank off the Cornish coast during World War I. And it was a bargain: only £300 ($400 USD). Robinson purchased the wreck of the SS Almond Branch from someone who bought the wreckage from the British government in the 1970s. He told BBC Radio Cornwall that the o…

British man buys World War I Shipwreck for RS 34,000 alone on Facebook

Dom Robinson, a British burger, received according to A. BBC report. Robinson saw the advertisement for the SS Almond Branch on the Facebook market site and immediately knew that he had to get hold of the wreck. The 3,300 tons, 330 ft long cargo ship was sunk off the coast of Cornwall on November 27, […]