Atter the Ting An hit the tug, the St, Aubin listed and drifted against the Evgenia Chandris. To add to the complication the s. Ting An dritte ed against the St. Aubin, which was sinking fast, squeezed her against the Greek vessel, and shortly after. wards the tug settled to the bottom. The naval vessel, which carried a number of naval cadets, appeared undamaged.
The St. Aubin's collision octured on March 8, 1995, when, 0 hier way to meet 's steamer, ' she eillided" with the China Merchants Kiang Shun, damaging her sever: ly below the water lice and buckling her plates. On that occasion she sank within " few minutes and all members of her crew made a mir culeus escape.
When the latest collision occurred her crew escaped by clambering up rope ladder which was let down by the s, Evgenia Chandris. The '88, Barentsz, after being towed out of dry dock, did not wait to see the outcome of ihe collision but left port fon her outward bound voyage Capetown,
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