DUTCH RESCUE TUG, THE ZWARTE ZEE, SAVES 128,00 TON OF SHIPPING. 26 AUGUST 1943, FREETOWN. THE 800 TON DUTCH RESCUE TUG WHICH, WITH A HAZARDOUS TOW OF MORE THAN 400 MILES THROUGH THE ATLANTIC TO BRING BACK TO HARBOUR A LARGE BRITISH SHIP DISABLED BY A TORPEDO, HAS JUST COMPLETED THREE AND A HALF YEARS BRILLIANT WARTIME RESCUE WORK AND BROUGHT THE TOTAL OF ALLIED SHIPPING SHE HAS SAVED TO OVER 128,000 TONS. - Six British ratings, members of the crew. ,

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