Bottles of historic whisky and beer salvaged from a 128-year-old sunken shipwreck in the Firth of Clyde fetched over £3000 at auction in Glasgow, reports the Scotsman.
The “extraordinary collection”The “extraordinary collection” was on board the cargo ship Wallachia when it sank four miles off Largs on 29 September 1895. The steamer was bound for the West Indies when it collided with a Norwegian vessel and sank together with its precious cargo.
Seven bottles of whisky and two...
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