The steering gear of this British destroyer jammed, and engine trouble was experienced as the result of heavyweather encountered in the Atlantic. The ship's commander had an improvised foresail hoisted to give the destroyer steerage way, aad by this means covcred 150 miles back to port.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 113, 15 May 1942, Page 6
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46The steering gear of this British destroyer jammed, and engine trouble was experienced as the result of heavyweather encountered in the Atlantic. The ship's commander had an improvised foresail hoisted to give the destroyer steerage way, aad by this means covcred 150 miles back to port. Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 113, 15 May 1942, Page 6
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