Daily Echo: Historic Southampton ocean liner to be sunk and become world's largest coral reef

A historic ocean liner which regularly docked in Southampton will soon be sunk and turned in the world’s largest coral reef.

For 17 years the SS United States powered through the Atlantic waves making constant journeys between New York and Southampton.

When the ship first came to the city in 1952, she drew in crowds of almost 70,000 as it was the fastest in the world at the time.

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