A rare shipwreck on Brighton Beach, the Athina B briefly became a huge tourist attraction after she suffered an engine failure as she tried to enter Shoreham Harbour during a fierce storm. She drifted east, missed the Brighton Palace Pier (seen in background here) by a whisker and beached with such force it took almost a month for salvage workers to unload her and tow her off. She left on 21 February 1980, cheered by a large crowd and has now been scrapped. This picture was taken the morning after she ran January 1980 Picture by Roger Bamber

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