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Monday 21 January 2013

Panamanian tug Atlantico lost according to the Dutch newspaper De Waarheid dated 8 October 1962

An item reported that the Panamanian tug Atlantico was lost off the coast near Buenos Aires. Probably two Dutch and two Argentinean sailors were killed. The disaster happened when she tried to salvage the 10.000 tons East German ship Karl Marx which was stranded off the harbour of Buenos Aires. She suddenly capsized and keep floating upside down. The Atlantico was built in the Netherlands.