The commander of Israel’s Navy, Rear Admiral Shlomo Erel, left for England today to raise Israel’s naval flag over the new submarine, Leviathan, now being prepared for launching at the Portsmouth Naval Base. An Israeli crew is already in operational training aboard the new ship.
A 45-thousand ton oil tanker formerly owned by the debt-racked Somerfin Company left port at Eilat tonight after a four-month tie-up stemming from settlement of demands against the firm. The tanker, which has been re-named Siris, an abbreviation of the name of its new owner, the British philanthropist, Sir Isaac Wolfson, sailed to pick up a cargo of crude oil for return to Eilat.
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