INCIDENT AT SEA.—These British official photographs show, at top, a Soviet guided-missile destroyer about to cut under the stern of the British aircraftcarrier Ark Royal off Crete, and, at bottom, the destroyer skimming past the stern of the carrier.' Later the same day, the carrier and destroyer were in collision, the Ark Royal being holed above the waterline. Two Russian sailors were lost overboard; others were rescued by boats from the carrier.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32460, 21 November 1970, Page 17
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72INCIDENT AT SEA.—These British official photographs show, at top, a Soviet guided-missile destroyer about to cut under the stern of the British aircraftcarrier Ark Royal off Crete, and, at bottom, the destroyer skimming past the stern of the carrier.' Later the same day, the carrier and destroyer were in collision, the Ark Royal being holed above the waterline. Two Russian sailors were lost overboard; others were rescued by boats from the carrier. Press, Volume CX, Issue 32460, 21 November 1970, Page 17
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