The World - News from April 10, 1986
A small Greek cargo ship sank in the Gulf of Suez after being hit by an explosion that may have been the result of a mine, a spokesman for the ship’s operators said. Two crew members were reported missing. The 1,830-ton Alaska II was sailing empty from Jidda, Saudi Arabia, to Suez City in Egypt to pick up oranges.
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