"Q" Boat Adventures: The Exploits of the Famous Mystery Ships |
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abandon ship party Admiralty ahead appeared approached asked boat commander boat service bridge Captain Campbell Cleggan Commander Blackwood concealed conning tower craft decided deck depth charges destroyer engine room everything evidently explosion Farnborough fire forecastle forward full speed German submarine Gordon Campbell gun crews gun's hands happened Heather Irish Sea Killala Killybegs knew land later Let go lifeboats look-out looked lying marine merchant ship miles minutes morning naval night officer panic party Pargust passed patrol periscope pick pipe position Q BOAT Queenstown raft realised Redbridge reported Reproduced by permission round the ship sail sank schooner seen sergeant shell ship's shot sight signal sinking skipper sloop slowly stations steam stern Stock Force Stonecrop submarine submarine's submerged Suddenly Suffolk Coast sunk surface thing told torpedo tramp vessel voice-pipes waiting watch White Ensign wireless yards Zylpha
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Page 168 - It has been said that no man is a hero to his valet ; and all the world saw as much of Louis the Fourteenth as his valet could see.
Page 93 - Per= haps one would see a man come out from the poop hatchway, stroll along with his hands in ; his pockets, and a cigarette in the corner of his mouth, quite unconcerned.
Page 197 - ... no sign that anyone was aboard. After passing down to the stern of the ship, the submarine crossed under the counter and started to come slowly to the surface on the starboard quarter, the boats then being just before the beam on the starboard side. The " Stonecrop
Page 229 - They were those of the black cook, whose station in action was to lean over the rails smoking his pipe, until the time came for the " abandon ship's party " to go away. He had been there for four hours...
Page 197 - ... distant. The boats sighted the periscope almost at the same moment, and to draw the submarine into a good position, pulled across the bows of the " Stonecrop " to the starboard side. The submarine, however, wanted to have a good look at the ship before she took any risks.