TWO OFFICERS AND A COOK.
GREAT FEAT THAT SAVED- A ' VALUABLE CARGO. I The fact announced by Lloyd's that the British steamer Ernaston, 3020 tons, j had been mined or torpedoed and even- j tually brought safely into port covers a story of remarkable daring and • seamanship. . The Ernaston, which was carrying- a ; valuable cargo, was lying abandoned m a. crippled' cofndition off the French coast. iShe had been damaged by a mine or enemy torpedo. She was sighted, by a British patrol boat, which came as close to the Ernaston as was possible m the heavy seas. Two R.N.V.R. officers, acoompanied by the ship's cook, put off m the ship's boatr, which was dashed against the side of the disabled steamer, but the three men clambered on board. They drifted during that day and night, and on the following day, when the rough weather abated', they ."Mat anchor at a point opposite the North Foreland. Here the Ernaston and her remarkable crew were seen by a destroyer, which "lent" six stokers.; The ship, very much down at the head, was brought safely to pout with her valuable cargo.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14196, 13 January 1917, Page 6
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189TWO OFFICERS AND A COOK. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14196, 13 January 1917, Page 6
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