HEAVY WEATHER IN ATLANTIC
AQUITANIA DELAYED (Received 19th January, 12.30 p.m > RUGBY, 18th January. The destroyer Wolverine, which went to the assistance in the Atlantic of the 11.000 tons Royal Fleet auxiliary oiler Y/ar Bahadua, which had her bridge, wireless aerial and boats swept away, escorted the oiler into Plymouth Sound. There were no casualties. The War Bahadua was navigated for 300 miles from the engine-room, and made Plymouth under her own steam. Her *■ ster said that they were lucky to be alive after five days’ tremendous straits and little or no sleep. The Aquitania, which is due at Southami t-n from New York to-day, has been delayed by heavy weather in the Atlantic.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 19 January 1938, Page 7
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