Word: moorings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...submarine's commander gave the Robin Moor half an hour to abandon ship. The passengers were roused. Three more boats were lowered. As the sun rose, after the boats were in the water, the submarine fired a torpedo into the Robin Moor amidships, shelled her for 23 minutes. She went wearily down by the stern...
...submarine circled about the captain's boat. A Nazi sailor gave the men four tins of ersatz bread, two tins of butter. Said the Nazi commander: "I'm sorry, but you were carrying supplies to my country's enemy." The German promised to radio the Robin Moor's position. Then he slid away into...
Thus, one morning last month, 750 miles off the British port of Freetown, Africa, the U.S. freighter Robin Moor met her end. The Robin Moor had carried a crew of 38. eight passengers (three women, one child...
...Robin Moor carried no munitions, no material of a military character. On her side, the U.S. ensign was clearly painted...
...five days, through torrential rains, high seas and blazing sun, the four lifeboats stayed together. Then they separated, headed into a fresh wind toward the Brazilian coast. Late on the 18th day after the Robin Moor went down, one of the boats sighted a ship on the horizon. The men signaled across the water with flashlights. The Ozorio halted, picked them up: one British passenger, a mate, two engineers, seven seamen. For seven days the U.S. believed that the rest of the Robin Moor's passengers and crew were lost. Then from Capetown came word that they had been...