这次打捞行动彻底失败了。
The salvage operation had been a complete failure.
这艘名为埃尔科尔的小船，已经在巴伦支海搜寻了数周，此刻正踏上归途。
The small ship, Elkor, which had been searching the Barents Sea for weeks, was on its way home.
船长收到了一封来自大陆的无线电报，命令他放弃搜寻。
A radio message from the mainland had been received by the ship's captain instructing him to give up the search.
船长知道之后还会有人再次尝试，因为他一直在寻找的那艘沉船装载着一批珍贵的金条货物。
The captain knew that another attempt would be made later, for the sunken ship he was trying to find had been carrying a precious cargo of gold bullion.
尽管收到了这封电报，埃尔科尔号的船长还是决定再试一次。
Despite the message, the captain of the Elkor decided to try once more.
船员们用强力渔网搜寻海底，当一只箱子从水底被打捞上来时，船上顿时沸腾起来。
The sea bed was scoured with powerful nets and there was tremendous excitement on board when a chest was raised from the bottom.
尽管船员们起初以为找到了那艘失踪的船，但箱子里的东西证明他们想错了。
Though the crew were at first under the impression that the lost ship had been found, the contents of the chest proved them wrong.
他们实际上找到的，是一艘多年前便已沉没的船。
What they had in fact found was a ship which had been sunk many years before.
箱子里装的是一名海员——艾伦·菲尔丁的私人物品。
The chest contained the personal belongings of a seaman, Alan Fielding.
里面有书籍、衣物和照片，还有那名海员曾经收到的来自妻子的信件。
There were books, clothing and photographs, together with letters which the seaman had once received from his wife.
埃尔科尔号的船长命令船员们尽可能多地从残骸中打捞物品。
The captain of the Elkor ordered his men to salvage as much as possible from the wreck.
没有找到任何有价值的东西，但被打捞上来的大量物品却具有极大的历史研究价值。
Nothing of value was found, but the numerous items which were brought to the surface proved to be of great interest.
从一门被打捞上来的重型火炮，船长推断出那艘船一定是一艘巡洋舰。
From a heavy gun that was raised, the captain realized that the ship must have been a cruiser.
在另一只装有舰上军官物品的箱子里，有一封未写完的信，写于1943年3月14日。
In another chest which contained the belongings of a ship's officer, there was an unfinished letter which had been written on March 14th, 1943.
船长从信中得知，那艘失踪船只的名称是"卡伦号"。
The captain learnt from the letter that the name of the lost ship was the Karen.
所有打捞物中最有价值的发现是那艘船的航海日志，其中部分内容还能辨读。
The most valuable find of all was the ship's log book, parts of which it was still possible to read.
凭借这些，船长得以将所有已浮出水面的信息拼凑成完整的图景。
From this the captain was able to piece together all the information that had come to light.
卡伦号正随护航编队驶往俄国，就在此时，它被敌方潜艇击中。
The Karen had been sailing in a convoy to Russia when she was torpedoed by an enemy submarine.
埃尔科尔号返回母港后，这一情况得到了国防部一位海军官员的证实。
This was later confirmed by a naval official at the Ministry of Defence after the Elkor had returned home.
所有找到的物品都被送往了战争博物馆。
All the items that were found were sent to the War Museum.