أخبار العالم
Historic US ocean liner sinks near Florida to become world’s largest artificial reef
المصدر: World news | The Guardian · نُشر
SS United States, which set transatlantic speed record during maiden voyage in 1952, is sunk off coast of Destin The historic SS United States has reached the end of its journey at sea, sinking Wednesday off the coast of Destin, Florida, where it will begin a new life underwater
SS United States, which set transatlantic speed record during maiden voyage in 1952, is sunk off coast of Destin The historic SS United States has reached the end of its journey at sea, sinking Wednesday off the coast of Destin, Florida, where it will begin a new life underwater as an artificial reef. The nearly 1,000ft American-made vessel, once the fastest ocean liner in the world, was launched in 1952 and made history by setting a transatlantic speed record during its maiden voyage. The ship carried thousands of passengers across the Atlantic over 17 years of operation before being retired in 1969.
Continue reading...
أخبار ذات صلة
Marco Rubio reportedly spent over $1.2m of taxpayer money traveling to son’s football games
Ethics watchdogs question necessity of the US secretary of state flying between DC and Gainesville so often Marco Rubio , the US secretary of state, has emerged as a superfan of the University of Florida ’s football team, spending more than $1.2m of taxpayers’ money on frequent p
Sport | The Guardian ·
Brooklyn building collapse kills at least two people and traps others in wreckage
Four critical in hospital as firefighters dig through rubble in Flatbush after building next to construction site collapses Firefighters dug through the rubble of a three-story building in Brooklyn on Wednesday after it collapsed at the edge of a construction site, killing at lea
World news | The Guardian ·
Human torso found in sofa in Sydney bushland prompts homicide investigation
Police called to Lane Cove North on Wednesday after sofa found containing human torso believed to be that of adult man Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast New South Wales police have entered their second day searching for remains after a human torso was f
World news | The Guardian ·
‘The world we know is over’ without urgent climate action, leaders tell Cop31
Marshall Islands president warns of worsening floods as UN chief calls for a windfall tax on oil and gas firms Failure to provide an overwhelming response to the climate crisis means “the world we know is over”, the president of the embattled Marshall Islands has warned, as dozen
World news | The Guardian ·
Famed ship SS United States to be sunk off coast of Florida
Activists unsuccessfully fought for the historic liner to be preserved and turned into a museum, but it will now become the world's largest artificial ocean reef.
feeds.bbci.co.uk ·