ISRAEL: TUGMEN KEEP WATCH AT ASHDOD AS GUNBOATS SPEED FOR HAIFA

Record ID: 376988

  • Title: ISRAEL: TUGMEN KEEP WATCH AT ASHDOD AS GUNBOATS SPEED FOR HAIFA
  • Date: 31st December 1969
  • Summary: ASHDOD PORT; SHIPS AT ANCHOR; TUGS; TUG CREWS ON LOOK OUT. Initials AB/VS/DW/PC Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 15th January 1970 13:00
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  • Location: ASHDOD, ISRAEL
  • Country: Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVACE7SG3CGVIDG8C57ZGC1900BB
  • Story Text: THE FIVE GUNBOATS WHICH SLIPPED AWAY FROM CHERBOURG ENTERED HAIFA HARBOUR THIS AFTERNOON, WATCHED BY THOUSANDS OF ISRAELIS WHO HAD TURNED OUT TO GIVE THEM A WELCOME. BUT OTHER WELCOMING COMMITTEES HAD BEEN FORMED AND FURTHER UP THE COAST, AT ASHDOD, MANY EAGER BOATMEN PUT TO SEA FOR A FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE GUNBOATS.

    MANY SMALL TUGS PUT OUT FROM THE HARBOUR SO THAT THEIR EAGER CREWS COULD KEEP WATCH FOR THE SMALL FLOTILLA. ON ARRIVAL IN ISRAEL IT WAS REVEALED THAT THE GUNSHIPS WERE CREWED BY ISRAELIS AND COMMANDED BY AN ISRAELI LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER.
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