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Home›Green Marine›Last passage to India for boat that has become an ‘ecological wreck’
Green Marine

May 15, 2006 · about 20 years ago

Last passage to India for boat that has become an ‘ecological wreck’

The SS France, once the epitome of Gallic glamour, is nearing her end, hauled behind a tugboat to the breaker’s yard. But Greenpeace is not allowing her to go quietly Somewhere in the Indian Ocean, a vast ship is slowly heading west. It is not travelling under its own power – its engines have long [

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The SS France, once the epitome of Gallic glamour, is nearing her end, hauled behind a tugboat to the breaker’s yard. But Greenpeace is not allowing her to go quietly Somewhere in the Indian Ocean, a vast ship is slowly heading west. It is not travelling under its own power – its engines have long fallen silent – but is being slowly tugged across the waves on its way towards the scrapyard.

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