Arrivée en Grande-Bretagne de réfugiés espagnols et de rescapés de naufrages, [1938]. - 3 photos - Photo n° 56121
Photo n°
56121
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Rescued Spanish captain and family walk in Cromer. While a Trinity house vessel was locating his ship “Cantabria “, which had sunk in 15 fathoms off Cromer after a two-hour shelling by a Spanish Nationalist warship ,captain Manuel Argüelles, his wife and family were recovering at Cromer (Norfolk) from their ordeal. They were brought ashore by the lifeboat commanded by Coxswain Henry Blogg, only double lifeboat V.C., after their ship sank. Photo Shows: Captain Manuel Arguelles (right) and his wife out for a walk in Cromer with Commander E.W. Harrison, agent for the Shipwrecked mariners’ Society, who is looking after them. AND November 3rd 1938 PN.r.[Sipho] [Planet News]
