Daily Event for November 1


One year ago today, November 1, 2006, the RO-RO ship Finnbirch capsized and sank off Oland Island, Sweden. The storm which caused her to go over prevented rescue of the crew until they jumped off the overturned hull into the Baltic Sea. Of the fourteen men on board thirteen were picked up but one died in hospital. The remaining man was never found.
© 2007 Michael W. Pocock
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