28.10.64
A ship is beached with a cargo of buses for Cuba after collision in the Thames â An East German Cargo ship, the 9,656 ton Magdeburg, carrying 42 buses to Cuba was beached on its side after a collision in the Thames. The crew of 54 and two passengers all escaped to safety. The Magdeburg, outward bound from Dagenham, held over after being in collision with the Japanese cargo ship Yamashiro Maru, 10,466 tons in thick fog off Broadness Point. Photo Shows: The damaged bows of the Japanese cargo vessel Yamashiro Maru after the collision in the Thames.
Photo measures 8 x 10 inches.
Photo is dated 10-28-1964.
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