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Lifeboats, Projectiles and Other Means for Saving Life - Page 64
by Robert Bennet Forbes - 1872 - 163 pages
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Annual Register, Volume 112

Edmund Burke - 1871 - 670 pages
...time," Admiral Milne said, " the ' Captain ' was astern of this ship, apparently closing under steam. The signal 'open order' was made, and at once answered ; and at 1.15 am she was on the 'Lord Warden's' lee quarter, about six points abaft of the beam. From that time...
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The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected ..., Volume 39

1870 - 736 pages
...sails were furkd. At the time the Captain was astern of this ship, apparently closing under steam. The signal " Open order" was made, and at once answered,...starboard or lee quarter, about six points abaft the beam. From that lime till about half-past one am I constantly watched the ship ; her topsails were right...
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The Annual Register, Volume 112

Edmund Burke - 1871 - 666 pages
...time," Admiral Milne said, " the ' Captain ' was astern of this ship, apparently closing under steam. The signal 'open order' was made, and at once answered ; and at 1.15 am she was on the ' Lord Warden's' lee quarter, about six points abaft of the beam. From that...
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The Annual Register

1871 - 664 pages
...time," Admiral Milne said, " the ' Captain ' was astern of this ship, apparently closing under steam. The signal ' open order ' was made, and at once answered ; and at 1.15 am she was on the 'Lord Warden's' lee quarter, about six points abaft of the beam. From that time...
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A hundred wonders of the world in nature and art, ed. by J. Small

John Small - 1876 - 646 pages
...Admiral Milne reported, 'the Captain was astern of the Lord Warden, apparently dosing under steam. The signal "open order" was made, and at once answered ; and at 1.15 AM she was on the Lord Warderis lee until about 1.30 AM I constantly watched the ship ; her topsails...
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A Book about Travelling, Past and Present

Thomas Allan Croal - 1877 - 652 pages
...Milne reported, " the ' Captain ' was astern of the ' Lord Warden,' apparently closing under steam. The signal ' open order ' was made, and at once answered ; and at 1.15 AM she was on the ' Lord Warden's ' lee until about 1.30 AM I constantly watched the ship ; her...
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Great Shipwrecks: A Record of Perils and Disasters at Sea. 1544-1877 ...

William Henry Davenport Adams - 1877 - 800 pages
...catastrophe ; and it ran as follows : — "The Captain was astern of my ship, apparently closing under steam. The signal ' Open order' was made, and at once answered; and at 1.15 AM she was on the Lord Warden's lee-quarter, about six points abaft of the beam. From that time...
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Notable shipwrecks, retold by uncle Hardy

William Senior - 1881 - 300 pages
...made by Admiral Milne said: "The ' Captain ' was astern of my ship, apparently closing under steam. The signal ' open order ' was made, and at once answered, and at 1.15 am she was on the ' Lord Warden's ' lee quarter, about six points abaft of the beam. From that...
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The sea: its stirring story of adventure, peril & heroism. [4 vols., publ ...

Frederick Whymper - 1883 - 712 pages
...that, at a little before 1 am, the Captain was astern of his ship, "apparently closing under steam." The signal "open order" was made, and at once answered; and at 1.15 am she was on the Lori Warden's (the flag-ehip's) lee quarter, about six points abaft the beam....
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Ironclads in Action: A Sketch of Naval Warfare from 1855 to 1895, Volume 2

Herbert Wrigley Wilson - 1896 - 484 pages
...Mime's words: “ At this moment the Captain was a¿tern of this ship, apparently' (-losing under steam. The signal, “Open order,” was made, and at once answered; and at 1.15 am she was on the Lord Warden's lee quarter, about six points abaft the ship: her topsails were...
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