The 1,948-ton Lebanese freighter "Halcyon Med" - bound from North African to Scotland - sank August 24 after collision with the Panamanian tanker "Esso Switzerland" near the Straits of Gibraltar, In response to urgent calls for help from the tanker, the United States transport ship "General Leroy Eltinge" sped to the rescue - manoeuvring through dense fog with the aid of radar - and picked up 26 passengers and crew who had been transferred to the "Esso Switzerland".
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- Film ID:
- VLVAC17CRGBAL4ZFRPSFM02ZAV8BV
- Media URN:
- VLVAC17CRGBAL4ZFRPSFM02ZAV8BV
- Group:
- Reuters - Source to be Verified
- Archive:
- Reuters
- Issue Date:
- 26/08/1960
- Sound:
- Unknown
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration:
- 00:00:24:00
- Time in/Out:
- /
- Canister:
- N/A
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