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Image Not Available for Newspaper clipping about London freighter MAIDENHEAD on fire in the North Sea
Newspaper clipping about London freighter MAIDENHEAD on fire in the North Sea
Image Not Available for Newspaper clipping about London freighter MAIDENHEAD on fire in the North Sea

Newspaper clipping about London freighter MAIDENHEAD on fire in the North Sea

Date27 May 1955
Object numberANMS0403[001]
NameNewspaper clipping
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from the Estate of John Watt
DescriptionNewspaper clipping titled "Fire! minesweepers race to aid of freighter". Clipping comprises large black and white photographic print of two vessels either side of large freighter which is on fire. Caption printed beneath image reads 'Royal Navy minesweepers pouring thousands of gallons of water on the red-hot decks of the London freighter, MAIDENHEAD, which caught fire in the North Sea yesterday.'