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Lost and Found at Sea On April 1st, 1882 off the coast of Portugal the Douro; a Mexican ship; hit a Spanish ship and sank. he Douro had sailed fro! South A!erica and had "een carr#ing a cargo of coffee, dia!onds and gold. Man# of the passengers and sailors $ere sa%ed, "ut the cargo $ent to the "otto! of the sea. &n 1''(, di%ers kne$ that the# had found the $reck $hen the# raised a plate $ith the ship)s na!e on it. Soon the# had disco%ered 28,*** gold coins $hich had "een l#ing under$ater for o%er 1** #ears+ A %er# different cargo $as found on the pacific coast of the ,SA in 1''1- thousands .ike trainers+ On 2/th Ma# 1''*, o%er 8*,*** trainers had fallen fro! the 0ansa 1arrier into the sea. he ship had "een sailing fro! 2orea to the ,SA $here there $as a terri"le stor!. Man# of the trainers $ere found on A!erican "eaches. he# hadn)t sunk "ecause the# contained air. here $as onl# one pro"le! 3 the shoes $eren4t in pairs+ he people of 1orn$all found so!ething different on their "eaches in 1'5/. On March 18th in good $eather, one of the largest oil tankers in the $orld, the $recked. $recked. he orre# 1an#on, $as orre# 1an#on had "een carr#ing nearl# 16*,*** tons of oil $hen it $as

$ent#-four hours later, up to 8*,*** tons of oil had escaped and had co%ered

hundred of "eaches and killed thousands of "irds. oda#, the "eautiful "eaches of 1orn$all are clean again and the ship lies at the "otto! of the sea. A. Fill in the table below with information from the text Name of ship Doura Date of sinking Sailing fro! 7eason for sinking 1st April 1882 ............................................ 0it another ship 1. 1offee. hings carried on the ship 2. Dia!onds. 6. 8old. 9hen found .......................................... 1''1 ........................................

Hansa carrier .......................................... 2orea ..........................................