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Word: camarat (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1952-1952
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...hour and a half later La Sibylle had not surfaced, and the alarm was given. The entire squadron, its planes and helicopters criss-crossed the area. For five hours the search went on. Then pilots noted a large oil slick about six miles off Cape Camarat, near Toulon. Soundings were made; what seemed to be the wrecked submarine was located at a depth of 2,000 feet. All night searchlights swept the dark water, but there was really no hope of finding survivors: submarine escape gear is useless below a depth of 250 feet. Next morning the French navy announced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Submarine Down | 10/6/1952 | See Source »

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