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Shipwreck off south Devon coast

Saturday 19 December 1992 00:02 GMT
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The 9,700-ton coaster Demetrius lying broken in two at Prawle Point on the south Devon coast yesterday after breaking loose from a Russian tug while under tow in gale-force winds and heavy seas. The 400ft vessel, which was being towed from Dunkirk to Greece for scrap was empty and unmanned.

Photograph: Malcolm Watson/Devon News Service

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