Cherbourg
1.An Italian tanker with 6,000 tons of toxic chemicals aboard sank in the Channel on Tuesday as it was being towed to the French port of Cherbourg.
2.Off the coast of Cherbourg, France, the Confederate raider CSS Alabama loses a ship-to-ship duel with the USS Kearsarge and sinks to the floor of the Atlantic, ending an illustrious career that saw some 68 Union merchant vessels destroyed or captured by the Confederate raider.
