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he Casa Mediterráneo is working to recover the historic British freighter that rescued more than 2,000 republicans in the final days of the Spanish Civil War, that currently lies on the bottom of the sea in the Belgian port of Antwerp. This is the mission that the director of Casa Mediterráneo, Andrés Perelló, has set as his objective, which he announced at the Alicante Forum last week, in front of the Minister for Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente. He said that the SS Stanbrook is an important part of Alicante’s Maritime history and it deserves to be returned to the port. However, the process to achieve this is complex and requires great planning. Nevertheless, he will launch the political mechanism to recover the ship in the coming months. "This year we are going to begin the process," Perelló confirmed, making it clear that he is determined to turn this dream into a reality, "for the city and for the people of Alicante.” First, exhaustive studies will be carried out to determine the condition of the ship, which involves an investment of significant time and financial resources. Expert collaboration will be needed to assess which parts of the Stanbrook can be recovered and how to carry out such an operation safely and effectively. The road to Stanbrook’s recovery will not be easy or quick, as Perelló pointed out. "First we want to know the condition in which it is, to do this we will need the collaboration of experts in underwater archaeology who can provide the information, to evaluate which parts can be recovered and how to carry out the operation safely.”
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