Ships Battered in Mid-Atlantic
NEW YORK, Tue. (11.30 a.m.1.-A tropical cyclone battered ships in mid-Atlantic today disabling a freighter and delaying, the arrival of the Queen Elizabeth and other liners up to 24 hours. The disabled freighter was the 7200-ton French vessel Caen. It hit floating debris, broke a propeller and disabled its engines when it attempted to continue through heavy seas. It was reported to be wallowing helplessly 180 miles east of Cape May, New Jersey, with a Coastguard cutter and a tug standing by. The storm’s fury prevented rescue efforts. Commodore C. M. Ford, the Queen Elizabeth's master, radioed that the vessel had been battered for 30 hours by tremendous seas and forced to reduce speed to 12 knots during the worst of the storm.
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Northern Advocate, 19 October 1949, Page 5
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