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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1953

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Stricken Steamer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 1

The 12,500-ton French liner "Champollion" which was carrying' pilgrims to the Holy Land, as she breaks up on a sandbar at Berut, Lebanon. Here, lifeboatmen are seen attempting to launch a boat in the rough seas…

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