List of shipwrecks in 1961

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The list of shipwrecks in 1961 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1961.

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1961
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May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
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January

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1961
Ship Country Description
Indian Navigator  India . The cargo ship sank 60 nautical miles (110 km) off the Isles of Scilly.[1] Thirteen crew of Indian Success ( India) that were put on board to salvage the ship after it caught fire were lost. One of her 67 crew was also reported lost.[2]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1961
Ship Country Description
Arcadia  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground off Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. Refloated after two hours.[3]
Harry R. Jones  United States The cargo ship ran aground off Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland whilst under tow to Troon for scrapping.[4]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1961
Ship Country Description
Egoz  Israel The passenger ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of 46 of the 49 people on board. She was on a voyage from Al Hoceima, Morocco to Gibraltar.

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1961
Ship Country Description
HMS Oberon  Royal Navy The Oberon-class submarine ran aground at Rothesay Bay in the Firth of Clyde.[5] Refloated the next day with the assistance of three tugs and two boom defence vessels.[6]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1961
Ship Country Description
Caribbean Queen  United Kingdom The cargo ship sank between Cuba and Florida, United States. All crew rescued.[7]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1961
Ship Country Description
S-80  Soviet Navy The Whiskey-class submarine sank in the Barents Sea with the loss of her entire crew of 68. Her wreck remained undiscovered until 23 June 1968.
Vrmac  Yugoslavia The cargo ship capsized and sank off Venice, Italy with the loss of five of her 22 crew.[8]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date January 1961
Ship Country Description
Yarasli  Turkey The coaster foundered in the Ionian Sea. She was last heard from on 25 January.

February

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1961
Ship Country Description
De Vilhena  Malta The tug foundered 40 nautical miles (74 km) north west of Calvi, Corsica, Italy.

8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1961
Ship Country Description
Braga  Norway The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel. All 27 crew and both passengers rescued by the tug Rennes and cargo ship Banora (both  France) and landed at Newhaven, East Sussex or Dieppe, France respectively.[9]

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1961
Ship Country Description
C 632  Royal Navy The auxiliary vessel ran aground at Dungeness, Kent and was holed. A pump was put on board and the ship was escorted to Dover.[10]
Eminence  United Kingdom The coaster collided with American Farmer ( United States) off Thames Haven, Essex and was holed, with her steering gear destroyed.[10]
BP Explorer  United Kingdom The coastal tanker capsized and sank in the River Severn at Awre, Gloucestershire with the loss of all five crew.[11]

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1961
Ship Country Description
Petromar Buenos Aires  Argentina The tanker collided with Pennsylvania ( Denmark) in the Paraná River 217 kilometres (135 mi) from river mouth. The ship and caught fire and was declared a constructive total loss.[12]
Lapwing  United Kingdom The coastal tanker capsized in the River Humber with the loss of three lives.[13]
Scaldis  Belgium The tug capsized and sank at the mouth of the Scheldt. Two of the fourteen crew were reported missing.[14]
Runic  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on a reef 400 nautical miles (740 km) north west of Sydney, Australia.[14] Declared a constructive total loss in March 1961.[15]

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1961
Ship Country Description
Yoshiura Maru No. 5  Japan the cargo ship sank south east of Hong Kong. All fifteen crew rescued.[16]

March

SS Dominator, May 1965

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1961
Ship Country Description
Newfoundland  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground off Argentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Refloated after six hours.[17]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1961
Ship Country Description
Dominator  Greece The Liberty ship ran aground off California, United States and was wrecked. All 31 crew rescued.[18]
Lizzonia  United Kingdom The Channel tanker collided with Arctic Ocean ( Sweden) and sank near the Varne Lightship ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel.
Martin Lutjens  West Germany The coaster collided with Schelde Lloyd ( Netherlands) off the coast of the Netherlands and sank. All crew rescued.[19]

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1961
Ship Country Description
Verao  Fiji The cargo ship foundered off the coast of Queensland, Australia. All fifteen crew rescued by Iron Flinders ( Australia).[20]

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1961
Ship Country Description
Mary P Cooper  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with a coaster and sank in the Manchester Ship Canal, blocking it completely. All eight crew rescued.[21]

22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1961
Ship Country Description
Chresten  Denmark The Channel tanker struck a submerged object and sank near Stubbekøbing
Mary P. Cooper  United Kingdom The sand hopper collided with another vessel and sank in the Manchester Ship Canal.[22]

April

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1961
Ship Country Description
Dara  United Kingdom The passenger ship suffered an onboard explosion and fire off Dubai, with 238 of the 819 people on board killed. The ship was taken under tow, but sank on 10 April.

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1961
Ship Country Description
USS Baldwin  United States Navy
Baldwin (extreme right) being refloated ib 28 April 1961.
While under tow, the decommissioned Gleaves-class destroyer ran aground 2 nautical miles (2.3 miles; 3.7 km) southwest of Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, when her tow line parted. She was later refloated and scuttled.

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1961
Ship Country Description
Tuskar  Netherlands The coaster struck a rock and sank 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south west of Chicken Rock, Isle of Man. All five crew saved by the cable layer Ariel ( United Kingdom).[23]

25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1961
Ship Country Description
Ivernia  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground off Southampton, Hampshire. Refloated after five hours.[24]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date April 1961
Ship Country Description
USS Makassar Strait  United States Navy
File:Ex-USS Makassar Strait grounded.jpg
The wreck of USS Makassar Strait on 22 January 1963.
The Casablanca-class escort carrier ran aground on San Nicolas Island, Channel Islands, California.

May

3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1961
Ship Country Description
Albatross  United States The brigantine foundered in the Gulf of Mexico during a squall. Six of the nineteen people on board were killed.[25]

28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1961
Ship Country Description
Madura  Liberia Typhoon Viola : The cargo ship ran aground at Hong Kong. Refloated on 10 August but declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.[26]

31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1961
Ship Country Description
Vercharmian  United Kingdom The heavy lift ship ran aground in Mormugao Bay, India, She was refloated 7 July but leaking and beached. Scrapped in 1962.
Marie Kerk  Netherlands The cargo ship ran aground on the Varne Shoal in the English Channel. She was refloated with the aid of the tugs Diligent, Dominant (both  United Kingdom) and Jean Bart ( France).[27]

June

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1961
Ship Country Description
USS Baldwin  United States Navy The decommissioned Gleaves-class destroyer was scuttled near Montauk Point, Long Island, New York.

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1961
Ship Country Description
Tien Hsiang  Taiwan The passenger ship sank 20 nautical miles (37 km) south west of Kaohsiung. Two survivors reported of her eleven crew and 33 passengers.[28]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1961
Ship Country Description
SS Southern Author  South Africa The 439 grt whaler was wrecked after running aground on Dassen Island, 50 nautical miles (93 km) N of Cape Town.[29]

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1961
Ship Country Description
Evertsen  Netherlands The coaster collided with Favoriet ( Netherlands) and sank 17 nautical miles (31 km) south of Portland Bill, Dorset, United Kingdom. All twelve crew rescued by Favoriet and landed at Weymouth. Evertsen was only five weeks old at the time of her loss.[30]

July

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1961
Ship Country Description
Save  Portugal The cargo liner ran aground at Quelimaine, Mozambique and caught fire.[31] Of the 549 passengers and crew, 259 were killed.[32]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1961
Ship Country Description
Fort Hearne  Canada The supply vessel was trapped in ice and sank in the Canadian Arctic.[33]

August

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1961
Ship Country Description
Peary  United Kingdom The coaster sank off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. All eight crew rescued by Fergus ( United Kingdom).[34]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1961
Ship Country Description
World Jury  Greece The tanker ran aground off Masirah Island, Oman and broke up. Twenty-eight of her crew rescued by HMS Llandaff ( Royal Navy).[35]

September

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1961
Ship Country Description
Vencedor  Colombia The passenger ship capsized and sank off Buenaventura with the loss of 50 lives.[36]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1961
Ship Country Description
Heron  Netherlands The coaster sank off Jersey, Channel Islands. Of her eleven crew, six were rescued by Cranborne ( United Kingdom) and two by Port du Bouc ( France).[37]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1961
Ship Country Description
L'Opiniatre  Marine Nationale The frigate ran aground at Dales Voe, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. Refloated by Haakon VII ( Norway) and towed to Lerwick.[37]

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1961
Ship Country Description
USNS Potomac  United States Navy The Maumee-class oiler caught fire and was wracked by a series of explosions while moored at a pier at Morehead City, North Carolina, killing two men. Her bow section was declared a constructive total loss, but her 200-foot (61-meter) stern section was cut away and combined with a new bow section to create the oiler SS Shenandoah, later renamed USNS Potomac.

October

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1961
Ship Country Description
Hess Mariner  United States The tanker suffered an explosion and fire and sank 100 nautical miles (190 km) east of Jacksonville, Florida.[38]
Simferapol  Soviet Union The depot ship ran aground between Walvis Bay and Swakopmund, South-West Africa and was wrecked.[39]

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1961
Ship Country Description
USS Guardfish  United States Navy The decommissioned Gato-class submarine was sunk as a torpedo target in Long Island Sound off New London, Connecticut, by the submarines USS Apogon and USS Blenny (both  United States Navy).

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1961
Ship Country Description
Vibex  United Kingdom The tanker ran aground in the St Lawrence River, Canada.[40] Later refloated and returned to service.[41]

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1961
Ship Country Description
HMS Barmouth  Royal Navy The Bar-class boom defence vessel was in danger of running aground between Bempton and Speeton, Yorkshire after her tow line parted. All nine crew rescued by a helicopter from RAF Leconfield.[42]

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1961
Ship Country Description
Bianca C  Italy The passenger ship suffered an explosion and fire off Grenada. Although taken in tow by HMS Londonderry ( Royal Navy), she sank on 24 October. One crew member was killed and eight were injured. Over 700 people were rescued.
Bascobel  United States The tug sank at Mariners Harbor, New York. She was declared a constructive total loss, and scrapped in December 1963.

23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1961
Ship Country Description
Halronell  Republic of Ireland The cargo ship struck Black Rock, off Rosslare Co Wexford coast and broke in two. Three of her six crew were killed, the other three were rescued by a helicopter from RAF Brawdy, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom.[43]

November

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1961
Ship Country Description
Clan Keith  United Kingdom The cargo ship hit rocks (initially thought to have exploded but later disproved) and sank off the coast of Tunisia with the loss of 62 of her 68 crew.[44]

7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1961
Ship Country Description
Union Reliance  Taiwan The cargo ship collided with Berea ( Norway) in the Houston Ship Channel, Texas, United States, killing twelve people on board Berea. Union Reliance subsequently caught fire and grounded and was abandoned by her owners. She was scrapped in March 1962.

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1961
Ship Country Description
Freshfield  United Kingdom In a fog, the coaster was struck by the Guinness ship Lady Gwendolen ( Ireland)[45] and sank in the Crosby Channel, River Mersey. All nine crew rescued after taking to the liferafts.[46]

12 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1961
Ship Country Description
Bluebelle  United States The ketch was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean by her captain after he murdered five of the other six people on board.

December

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1961
Ship Country Description
Stientje Mensinga  Netherlands The coaster struck a rock off Eagle Island, County Mayo, Ireland and sank. Four crew took to a lifeboat. An attempt to rescue them was made by Maria Schulte ( West Germany), which resulted in the loss of five crew from that ship too. Six crew were rescued by an Irish Navy helicopter.[47]

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1961
Ship Country Description
Antonakis  Panama The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Spartel, Morocco (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) and broke in two. Declared a total loss.[26]

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1961
Ship Country Description
Thorsheimer  Norway The tanker ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom.[48]

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1961
Ship Country Description
Sofia T  Greece The cargo ship sank off Marmara Island, Turkey (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) with the loss of three crew.[49]
Wiema  Netherlands The coaster sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the South Bishop Lighthouse, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. Her cargo had shifted in a storm and she attempted to make for Pembroke. Assistance was offered by the Admiralty tug Empire Netta ( United Kingdom but refused. She sank following engine failure, all five crew were rescued by the Trinity House vessel Argus ( United Kingdom).[50]

10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1961
Ship Country Description
Combine I  Panama The cargo ship foundered 700 nautical miles (1,300 km) north east of Singapore. Only five of her 29 crew were rescued.[51]
Ondo  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Elbe and was abandoned after attempts to salvage her were abandoned.[52][53]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1961
Ship Country Description
Streatham Hill  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Schelde at Westkapelle, Belgium. Later refloated and returned to service.[54]

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1961
Ship Country Description
Allegrity  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at St Anthony Head, Cornwall.

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1961
Ship Country Description
NRP Afonso de Albuquerque  Portuguese Navy Annexation of Portuguese India: The aviso′s crew ran her aground after she suffered serious damage in combat with the frigates INS Betwa and INS Beas and a minesweeper (all  Indian Navy) in the harbor at Goa, India. Captured by Indian forces the next day, she was refloated in 1962 and scrapped.

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1961
Ship Country Description
Allegrity  United Kingdom The coaster capsized and sank on Veryan beach, Cornwall. Her fourteen crew were saved by the Falmouth lifeboat.[55]

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1961
Ship Country Description
Malgomaj  Sweden The bulk carrier collided with the tanker Esso Berlin ( West Germany) in the Westerschelde and caught fire. Rondefjell ( Norway) ran aground trying to avoid the two ships.[56]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1961
Ship Country Description
USCGC Triumph  United States Coast Guard The motor lifeboat sank in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oregon with the loss of five of her six crew members.

See also

References

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Ship events in 1961
Ship launches: 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966
Ship commissionings: 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966
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Shipwrecks: 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966
  1. ↑ "Burning Ship Sinks" The Times (London). Tuesday, 3 January 1961. (54969), col F, p. 8.
  2. ↑ "Indian Salvage Cew Regarded As Lost" The Times (London). Wednesday, 4 January 1961. (54970), col B, p. 4.
  3. ↑ "P. & O. Liner Pulled Off Reef" The Times (London). Friday, 6 January 1961. (54972), col B, p. 10.
  4. ↑ "U.S. Ship Runs Aground at Ardrossan" The Times (London). Friday, 6 January 1961. (54972), col B, p. 10.
  5. ↑ "Submarine Goes Aground" The Times (London). Friday, 13 January 1961. (54978), col C, p. 12.
  6. ↑ "H.M.S. Oberon Refloated" The Times (London). Saturday, 14 January 1961. (54979), col C-D, p. 6.
  7. ↑ "Telegrams in Brief" The Times (London). Saturday, 21 January 1961. (54985), col F, p. 4.
  8. ↑ "Yugoslav Cargo Ship Capsizes" The Times (London). Friday, 27 January 1961. (54990), col A, p. 9.
  9. ↑ "29 Rescued in the Channel" The Times (London). Wednesday, 8 February 1961. (55000), col F, p. 12.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Firemen Help Keep Ship Above Water" The Times (London). Saturday, 18 February 1961. (55009), col B, p. 8.
  11. ↑ "Capsized Tanker Still Aground" The Times (London). Monday, 20 February 1961. (55010), col D, p. 3.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ "Motor Barge Overturns" The Times (London). Monday, 20 February 1961. (55010), col F, p. 10.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Two Missing as Belgian Tug Capsizes" The Times (London). Monday, 20 January 1961. (55010), col F, p. 10.
  15. ↑ "News in Brief" The Times (London). Friday, 24 March 1961. (55038), col C, p. 19.
  16. ↑ "Telegrams in Brief" The Times (London). Monday, 27 February 1961. (55016), col G, p. 9.
  17. ↑ "British Liner on Reef for Six Hours" The Times (London). Saturday, 11 March 1961. (55027), col C, p. 8.
  18. ↑ "31 Men Saved From Greek Ship" The Times (London). Friday, 17 March 1961. (55032), col F, p. 10.
  19. ↑ "News in Brief" The Times (London). Friday, 17 March 1961. (55032), col G, p. 13.
  20. ↑ "Crew Rescued in Heavy Seas" The Times (London). Monday, 20 March 1961. (55034), col G, p. 11.
  21. ↑ "Crash Blocks Manchester Ship Canal" The Times (London). Wednesday, 22 March 1961. (55036), col C, p. 12.
  22. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  23. ↑ "Crew Saved When Coaster Sinks" The Times (London). Thursday, 20 April 1961. (55060), col E, p. 5.
  24. ↑ "Liner Aground for Over Five Hours" The Times (London). Wednesday, 26 April 1961. (55065), col F, p. 14.
  25. ↑ "School Ship Lost in Storm" The Times (London). Thursday, 4 May 1961. (55072), col C, p. 12.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  27. ↑ "Dover Tugs Free Ship" The Times (London). Thursday, 1 June 1961. (55096), col A, p. 14.
  28. ↑ "40 Feared Dead in Formosa Ship" The Times (London). Friday, 9 June 1961. (55103), col G, p. 14.
  29. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  30. ↑ "Dutch Ships Sinks Off Dorset" The Times (London). Monday, 26 June 1961. (55117), col D, p. 10.
  31. ↑ "Many Reported Dead in Liner Fire" The Times (London). Monday, 10 July 1961. (55129), col F, p. 8.
  32. ↑ "Death Roll in Liner Fire now 259" The Times (London). Wednesday, 12 July 1961. (55131), col E, p. 8.
  33. ↑ "Arctic Ship Sinks" The Times (London). Saturday, 22 July 1961. (55140), col F, p. 8.
  34. ↑ "British Ship Sinks" The Times (London). Thursday, 24 August 1961. (55168), col G, p. 8.
  35. ↑ "Rescue Operation by Frigate" The Times (London). Friday, 25 August 1961. (55169), col E, p. 7.
  36. ↑ "50 Die as Holiday Ship Sinks" The Times (London). Tuesday, 5 September 1961. (55178), col E, p. 10.
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 "Captain and Wife Saved on a Raft" The Times (London). Monday, 18 September 1961. (55189), col A, p. 6. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Times180961" defined multiple times with different content
  38. ↑ "U.S. Ship Sinks After Explosion" The Times (London). Tuesday, 3 October 1961. (55202), col D, p. 8.
  39. ↑ "Russian Depot Ship Goes Aground" The Times (London). Tuesday, 3 October 1961. (55202), col F, p. 8.
  40. ↑ "British Tanker Aground" The Times (London). Monday, 15 October 1961. (55213), col D, p. 9.
  41. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  42. ↑ "Helicopter Hauls Nine to Safety" The Times (London). Friday, 20 October 1961. (55217), col F, p. 5.
  43. ↑ "Three Saved by Helicopter" The Times (London). Tuesday, 24 October 1961. (55220), col C, p. 10.
  44. ↑ "62 Feared Dead After Ship Explosion" The Times (London). Tuesday, 7 November 1961. (55232), col A, p. 12.
  45. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  46. ↑ "Coaster Sinks After Collision in Fog" The Times (London). Saturday, 11 November 1961. (55236), col A, p. 5.
  47. ↑ "9 Lost in Wreck and Rescue" The Times (London). Wednesday, 6 December 1961. (55257), col G, p. 6.
  48. ↑ "Tanker Stranded on Goodwins" The Times (London). Saturday, 9 December 1961. (55260), col E, p. 5.
  49. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  50. ↑ "Ordeal in Coaster Sinking" The Times (London). Monday, 11 December 1961. (55261), col C, p. 6.
  51. ↑ "20 Missing from Ship Sunk in Typhoon" The Times (London). Monday, 11 December 1961. (55261), col G, p. 9.
  52. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  53. ↑ "40 Men Taken off British Ship" The Times (London). Monday, 11 December 1961. (55261), col G, p. 10.
  54. ↑ "Grounded British Ship Towed Clear" The Times (London). Wednesday, 13 December 1961. (55263), col E, p. 11.
  55. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  56. ↑ "Ship Blazes After Collision" The Times (London). Saturday, 30 December 1961. (55276), col G, p. 6.
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