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Ships Caught In by Storm. Fourty Die Feared
A capsizing off Iceland's North Cape during a brutal storm left forty seamen feared dead after heroic attempts to rescue crew from the Lorella and Roderigo. The Roderigo lost contact after radioing a distress message as a “black frost” ice cloud and hurricane winds hampered search efforts by British, French, German, Icelandic and Norwegian trawlers. Rosella initially reported SOS but later said she recovered. The Lerwick coast guard warned survivors would have little chance in such icy conditions.
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London
Iceland
North Cape
Lorella
Roderigo
Hull
England
Coast Guard
Lerwick
Shetland Islands