World's Largest Ship Sparks Outrage
Jewish groups in the Netherlands and Britain have reacted with rage and despair at the arrival in Rotterdam of the world's biggest ship, the Pieter Schelte, named after a Dutch officer in the Waffen-SS. The Pieter Schelte, which is so big it can lift oil rigs out of the water, is docked in Rotterdam after being constructed at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering shipyard in South Korea. A statement from Jonathan Arkush, the vice-president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, appeared in the Guardian news paper says: “Naming such a ship after an SS officer who was convicted of war crimes is an insult to the millions who suffered and died at the hands of the Nazis.
Spanish Armada Claims Deep-Sea Treasure
According to a report from Guardian News, Spain has sent an armada into waters around its coasts to seek out hundreds of shipwrecks in an attempt to head off a U.S. marine exploration firm accused of plundering Spanish property from the seabed. Over the past month, more than 100 suspected shipwrecks have been located by the Spanish navy in the Gulf of Cádiz, considered one of the world's richest hunting grounds for underwater treasure. (Source: Guardian News)