Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Thursday, September 24, 1964 @ 1100
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		HAROLD H HELM Own Page

Liberian tanker HAROLD H HELM tows crippled Bank Line cargo ship TRENTBANK
Port of RegistryLiberia

 

   The 6,310-ton Glasgow-registered motor vessel TRENTBANK. anchored off Port Said after being under tow since last Friday, sank today, according to reports reaching the headquarters of the Suez Canal Authority.

   The TRENTBANK was holed and crippled in a collision with the Portuguese tanker FOGO, and had been towed by the Liberian tanker HAROLD H HELM.

   An engineer was killed in the collision.