20 Feared Drowned as Freighter Sinks
From Times Wire Reports
A Cyprus-registered freighter sank in heavy seas off the Norwegian coast, and all 20 Polish crewmen were missing and feared dead. Ships and a helicopter searching the waters in near-gale conditions spotted air bubbles from the sunken ship, debris, two empty life rafts, life preservers and the ship’s nameplate, said Anders Bang-Andersen of the Norwegian rescue center. The 22,000-ton Leros Strength had been bound for Poland with a load of ore from Russia.
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