Word: astern
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Prince of Wales was attacked by a swarm of torpedo bombers. She was hit astern, her propellers and steering gear knocked out. This was exactly the kind of blow by which the British themselves had crippled the Bismarck...
...Greer picked up the U-boat on her detecting apparatus, followed it, keeping astern. The British plane dropped four depth charges and pulled out for home, probably short of gas. For more than three hours the Greer hung on, broadcast the sub's position-probably cursing the failure of British destroyers to turn up-but making no attack, for at that time the shoot-on-sight order had not been issued. The Greer was following her instructions of spotting and making known the presence of a sea raider in the Western Hemi sphere...
...close miss. Within a minute the Greer sighted the bubbling wake of the torpedo about 100 yards astern. By that time the little 1,090-ton destroyer had begun to wheel, was steaming swiftly toward the spot where she had seen the impulse bubble. Over the spot the men on her fantail dumped eight depth charges. They sent up green geysers in the chill air. But the Greer could still hear the sub under...
...Consolidated plant in San Diego) spotted her again Sunday noon making for the French ports. Monday afternoon, about 400 miles west of Brest, she was attacked by wave after wave of fleet-based bombers and planes from the Ark Royal. Two torpedoes struck her, one amidships and the other astern...
...which more than overcame the higher pace set by their opponents, the oarsmen who make up the Varsity eight left little doubt in the minds of anyone as to their superiority when they swept to a decisive two-length victory over Princeton Saturday, leaving Cornell and Syracuse still further astern on the Charles' ruffled waters. After the first quarter-mile the Crimson swung down the course in its own unruffled way, leaving the Tigers and the Big Red to fight it out for second place in the only close finish of the afternoon...