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AJAX NEWS PHOTOS - WRECK SALVAGED - SHOREHAM, ENGLAND. 10 SEPTEMBER 1974. 741009/741109/GR1. A DIVER LEAPS FROM THE SALVAGE BARGE ONTO ALL THAT REMAINS OF THE HULL OF MR HEATH'S YACHT MORNING CLOUD AS SHE WAS BROUGHT INTO SHOREHAM HARBOUR ON SEPT 10/74. THE £45,000 OCEAN RACER, THE THIRD WHICH MR HEATH HAS OWNED, WAS WRECKED IN A GALE OFF THE SUSSEX COAST ON SEPT 2ND/74. TWO MEN LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE TRAGEDY. A YACHT SURVEYOR AT THE SCENE IN SHOREHAM SAID THE BOAT WAS A TOTAL LOSS. MOST OF THE STARBOARD SIDE WAS MISSING AND THE MAST AS WELL AS THE ENGINE HAD GONE.
PHOTO:JONATHAN EASTLAND/AJAX.