ATLANTIC HURRICANE
WORST IN LIVING
MEMORY
(Rec. 12.45 p.m.) , LONDON, Jan. 29. It can now be revealed that the worst hurricane in living memory lashed the Atlantic on December 15 and 16 from Newfoundland to 1000 miles south of Portugal. Mountainous seas scattered a large convoy, but all the ships eventually made port. One escort ship, after burning mess tables and wardroom furniture, stopped for lack of fuel and had to be towed 200 miles. A corvette made port with a listing of 20 degrees as a result of 200 tons of ice forming on the weather side. A destroyer from which the wind tore off the funnel reached port with fuel for. only another five hours' steaming. . The corvette's coxswain summed up the weather when he reported to the captain on the second morning: "It has eased down to a gale, sir." The captain of the corvette said: "Our convoy of more than 40 ships just disappeared during the night. We set out to round them up, and steamed for 24 hours without sighting one."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 25, 30 January 1943, Page 7
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