Thousands of liters of malt whisky were reported lost when the SS Politician sank off the Outer Hebrides in 1941.
But most was nabbed by canny Scottish islanders who "liberated" the booze before government inspectors arrived.
And today, almost 70 years after the world famous incident that inspired the classic 1948 movie Whisky Galore, the last few precious drams are up for auction.
ln 1970 the Daily Mirror commissioned a team of divers to locate the wreck including Bob Pert, who was allowed to keep one of the bottles of Ballantine Scotch as a reward for his efforts.
Now Bob is putting it up for auction in Lewes East Sussex. lt is expected to fetch thousands of pounds when it finally goes under the hammer on December 3rd.