Ghost ships due in Channel

The two contaminated former US Navy ships at the centre of an environmental row are expected to arrive in the Channel soon.

Sun, 09 Nov, 2003 - 09:45

The two contaminated former US Navy ships at the centre of an environmental row are expected to arrive in the Channel soon.

The Canopus and Caloosahatchee, tainted by chemicals, are being towed across the Atlantic and are due to go through the Channel on their journey to a breaker's yard in Hartlepool, UK.

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