Word: ascania
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...weather the Captain does not leave the bridge. He has stood 53 consecutive hours on the bridge of the Queen Mary, 55 on the Elizabeth. Once on the Ascania he stood 75 hours without sleep. As a precaution against collision, the Mary has two radar installations. Captain Illingworth welcomes them, but he does not deputize even to radar his task of watching the sea. "In the North Atlantic trade we have a saying: 'We blow the fog horn for five hot-weather months and blow on our fingers to keep warm the other seven.' When fogs abound...
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