The World - News from April 26, 1985
A freighter loaded with 14,000 tons of steel sank in the Red Sea after the captain reported an explosion. Lloyd’s shipping intelligence unit in London said the explosion was caused by a mine, but shipping sources in Saudi Arabia discounted that explanation. The crewmen of the 16,270-ton Mariner II, registered in Panama, were rescued unhurt and taken to Jidda, Saudi Arabia. Last summer, 19 vessels were damaged by mines in the Red Sea and Gulf of Suez, but none were sunk. Egypt accused Libya of planting those mines.
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