Ships collide off Gibraltar

Title

Ships collide off Gibraltar

Genre

Interview

TX Date

13 Jun 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:02:41

Description

Captain Jonathan Cecil Appleyard-List of the Royal Navy, on the state of the Algerian ship, Ibn Batouta, and the American freighter, Yellowstone, which collided in foggy conditions off Gibraltar with two casualties on the American ship. And on proposed removal of the Yellowstone by tug. Interviewer not heard. Sound fades in and out.

Contributors

Jonathan Appleyard-List

Keywords

Shipwrecks; Gibraltar; Seaborne disasters; Yellowstone (ship); Fog; Ibn Batouta (ship)

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