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Shipwreck of the Santa Isabel

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Shipwreck of the Santa Isabel

Curiosity · Ribeira, Barbanza, A Coruña

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In the early hours of 2 January 1921 the steamer Santa Isabel sank off Sálvora; with almost all the men ashore for the festivities, it was the island's women who put out in rowing boats and saved 48 people.

Photo: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Lmbuga) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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