The 'Ondo' and the Salvaging Crew at Work
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- Unidad documental simple
- 1965-12-29
Hanbury (DAD) Seven brave men want to work a rather dangerous miracle off West Germany's North Sea Coast. Since early 1962, a "ghost ship" the wreck of the 5,400 gross register ton British cocoa freighter "Ondo" has jutted out of the waters at the...
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'Kristina Thorden' in the Atlantic Swell
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- Unidad documental simple
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Five killed as ship blazes in mid Atlantic.
Five passengers lost their lives and four more persons were seriously injured when the Swedish cargo ship 'Kristina Thorden' (3,889 tons) caught fire in mid-Atlantic when on a voyage from Gothenburg, Swe...
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Smoke Rising up the Side of the 'Corinthic'
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- Unidad documental simple
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150 firemen fight blaze in Brazil's biggest post-war cargo liner: "CORINTHIC" saved after dangerous list.
Britain's biggest post-war merchant ship— the 15,000 tons cargo line "Corinthic" — caught fire in her fitting-out basin at Camell-Laird's shi...
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The Liberian Vessel 'Dori'
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- Unidad documental simple
- 1964-1-28
These dramatic series of pictures were taken as the Liberian vessel "Dori" 7,237 gross tons, owned by the Atalaya Cia. Nav. SA. of Panama, sank off the port of Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Azores, recently.
The vessel, bound from Bremen, West Germany...
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'Panoceanic Faith' is Sinking into the North Pacific
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- Unidad documental simple
- 1967-10-17
The American freighter "Panoceanic Faith" sinks into the North Pacific some 870-miles south-east of Adak, Alaska, on October 9th. Five crewmen were found alive, 12 bodies recovered. The ship carrying a cargo of fertilizer was en route from San Fra...
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Oil Soaked Survivors of the 'Voyager'
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- Unidad documental simple
- 1964-2-18
This dramatic picture of oil soaked survivors of the Australian destroyer 'Voyager' which sank off the New South Wales coast last week after being rescued by a search vessel, as the craft searches for more survivors. Eighty-eight officers and men...
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The Wrecked Herzogin Cecilie
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Famous barque on the rocks of Devon coast.
New pictures just received of the wreck of the world's largest sailing ship "THE HERZOGIN CECILIE", at Salcombe, Devon. The crew were rescued by the Salcombe lifeboat. The ship is famous as the winner of ...
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