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FRANCE. Brittany. Sinking tanker "Erika". Dec. 1999. 

Jean Gaumy 

The Maltese registered oil tanker "Erika" sank off the northwestern French coast on Sunday December 12, 1999, after having split in half, consequently spilling thousands of tons of crude oil into the ocean.
The tugboat "Abeille Flandre" strove to tow Erika's stern into open waters. Chartered by the French state, the "Abeille Flandre" is used for naval and civilian salvage and rescue operations and with a bollard pull of 160 ton belongs to the most powerful tugs in the world. It operates off the coast of Brest in Brittany, renowned for being the most heavily used and dangerous maritime waterways in the world.

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FRANCE. Brittany. Sinking tanker "Erika".

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The tugboat "Abeille Flandre" stroving to tow sinking tanker... 

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On the Abeille Flandre tugboat. 

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FRANCE: Daily life on the tug boat ABEILLE FLANDRE in between... 

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FRANCE. Brittany. The light house La Vieille at the point of... 

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FRANCE. Brittany.

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On the tugboat Abeille Flandre. 

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FRANCE: Daily life on the tug boat ABEILLE FLANDRE in between... 

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FRANCE. Brittany.

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The book LE LIVRE DES TEMPETES - A BORD DE L'ABEILLE FLANDRE... 

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FRANCE. Brittany.

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The tugboat "Abeille Flandre" stroving to tow sinking tanker... 

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FRANCE. Brittany.

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FRANCE. Brittany. Sinking tanker "Erika".
Monday December 13th... 

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FRANCE. Brittany. December 12, 1999. 

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Crew members of the tugboat Abeille flandre. 

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FRANCE. 1999. 

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Crew members of the tugboat Abeille Flandre. 

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FRANCE. Brittany.

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The tugboat "Abeille Flandre" stroving to tow sinking tanker... 

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FANCE. Brittany. Sinking tanker "Erika". Dec. 1999. 

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FANCE. Brittany. Sinking tanker "Erika". Dec. 1999. 

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FRANCE. Town of Brest. "Abeille Flandre" tugboat. 2000. 

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FRANCE. Brittany.

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FRANCE. Brittany. Sinking tanker "Erika". Dec. 1999. 

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FRANCE. Brittany. Sinking tanker "Erika". Monday, December 13th... 

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FRANCE. Brittany. Sinking tanker "Erika".

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Inside the tugboat Abeille Flandre. 

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On the tugboat Abeille Flandre. 

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FRANCE: Daily life on the tug boat ABEILLE FLANDRE in between... 

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FRANCE. Brittany. Sinking tanker "Erika". December 1999. 

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FRANCE. Brittany. Sinking tanker "Erika". December 1999. 

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FRANCE. 1999. 

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FRANCE. Brittany. Sinking tanker "Erika". December 1999. 

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FRANCE. Brittany. Sinking tanker "Erika". December 1999. 
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