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Died. Sir Robert Beaufin Irving, 77, trained-in-sail ex-commodore of the Cunard White Star line, captain of the Queen Mary in 1938 when she broke the eastbound and westbound transatlantic speed records established by the French liner Normandie a year earlier; in Carlisle, England...
Commodore Robert Beaufin Irving, the ship's greying, trained-in-sail skipper, gave credit where credit seemed due-to the balmy weather and to St. Christopher, patron saint of travelers. No Roman Catholic, but a stanch Covenanter, Commodore Irving totes two St. Christophers, one a statue given him by a Galway pilot, the other a medal from a passenger. Swore he: "I spun that medal around and said, 'Well, St. Chris, what about it?' He said, 'Go to it.' " Next day sheepish operators and tug hands came to a hasty agreement. Said chagrined Tsar Ryan...
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