ADRIFT IN STORM
SCRAPPED BATTLESHIP. LOOSE for several hours. PICKED UP BY TUG. (British Official Wireless) , RUGBY, Sept. 28. Tho British cruiser Conquest, which broke loose in tho North Sea with six men , "n board while being towed north for breaking up, was picked up and taken to 'the Humber last night by the Hull tug Seaman, after drifting lor several hours 'No anxiety was felt for the safety of the men aboard the cruiser while the ■vessel wps adrift, but. the vessel was a potential danger to shipping, particularly owing to the exceptionally bin’ll seas that were running. Several small craft were severely ’buffeted during the storm. Coastal shipping on The coast of Scotland was held up, and several of the remaining autumn exercises of the fleet in Moray Firth were abandoned. DANISH STEAMER DRIFTS ASHORE. The Danish i lotor schooner, Doris, failing to make harbor at Hartlepool, was in peril of basing driven upon Longs ear rocks, and a lifeboat, •after . three unsuccessful attempts, got alongside and took off the crew. The Doris later dragged her anchors and drifted ashore.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11325, 1 October 1930, Page 6
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