Re: [Paddlewise] more on Coast Guard rescues

From: Alex Ferguson <a.ferguson_at_chem.canterbury.ac.nz>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 17:09:28 +0000
From:           	wayne steffens <wsteffen_at_skypoint.com>

>  This whole thing brings to mind a program I saw on the history channel a
> while back. There was a freighter foundering somewhere in the North
> Atlantic, back in the 30's or 40's I believe. The Captain refused to be
> rescued when another ship arrived and took the rest of the crew back to
> shore.

Sounds a bit like the "Flying Enterprise", happened about the 
mid-'50s as far as I remember. She was probably a Liberty 
ship. Cargo was ore? and had shifted.

Alex
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Alex Ferguson      a.ferguson_at_chem.canterbury.ac.nz
Electronics Workshop, Chem Dept, Univ of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
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