File:US Navy memorial to those who died in 1977 (Port of Barcelona) 03.JPG
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixels. Other resolutions: 180 × 240 pixels | 360 × 480 pixels | 576 × 768 pixels | 768 × 1,024 pixels | 1,536 × 2,048 pixels.
Original file (1,536 × 2,048 pixels, file size: 1.4 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Captions
Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
Summary
[edit]_03.JPG&action=edit§ion=1){kind=link}
| Description |
English: US Navy memorial to those who died in 1977 (Port of Barcelona). It commemorates the death of 49 marines who perished in the waters of the harbour there. On the freezing cold night of January 17th, 1977, more than one hundred marines, many of who were worse for drink, clambered aboard a small launch. Some of them may have been brawling. Minutes later, the launch crashed into a Basque merchant ship, the Urlea—probably because of a navigational error on the part of the launch’s skipper—and capsized, throwing the marines overboard. Many died in the cold January waters of shock, hyperthermia or heart attack. Some managed to swim to the shore. A number survived for two hours in the air pocket formed under the boat, until they were rescued by the combined efforts of the Navy and the Barcelona salvage crews. Català: Portal de la Pau. Monument als 49 mariners de la US Navy morts el 17 de gener de 1977 al Port de Barcelona. |
| Date | |
| Source | Own work |
| Author | Jordiferrer |
Licensing
[edit]_03.JPG&action=edit§ion=2){kind=link}
I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 08:13, 8 July 2013 | | 1,536 × 2,048 (1.4 MB) | Jordiferrer (talk | contribs) | User created page with UploadWizard |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following page uses this file:
_03.JPG&oldid=747965421){kind=link}