The Flying Enterprise affondò al largo della costa della Cornovaglia nel 10th gennaio 1952.The SS Flying Enterprise, una nave da carico Liberty di C1 tipi, che si trova a 60 gradi dopo essere stata catturata in una terribile tempesta atlantica mentre si dirigono da Amburgo per gli Stati Uniti. Il 21 dicembre 1951 aveva stabilito che trasportava un carico di 1300 tonnellate di ghisa e 900 tonnellate di caffè, più 10 passeggeri e 40 equipaggi. Era a circa 400 miglia di distanza da Lands End il giorno di Natale quando, dopo aver preso una martoriata dal mare e colpito da un'onda freak, una grave crepa da stress si è sviluppata attraverso il suo ponte principale amidships, e circa 4m giù per lato. Il contin

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• Dimensioni: 7718 x 5800 px | 65,3 x 49,1 cm | 25,7 x 19,3 inches | 300dpi
• Data acquisizione: 10 gennaio 1952
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The Flying Enterprise sinking off the Cornish coast in 10th January 1952.The SS Flying Enterprise, a C1-type cargo Liberty ship, listing at 60 degrees after being caught in a terrible Atlantic storm while heading from Hamburg for the USA. She had set out on 21 December 1951, carrying a cargo of 1300 tons of pig iron and 900 tons of coffee, plus 10 passengers and 40 crew. She was some 400 miles off Lands End on Christmas Day when, after taking a battering from the sea and hit by a freak wave, a severe stress crack developed across her main deck amidships, and some 4m down each side. The continuous heavy swell and the taking on of water caused the cargo to shift, so that the vessel developed a 30 list. Distress signals went out, but all the Irish, French and English rescue tugs that might have made it to Enterprises position were busy rescuing other victims of the storm. A US destroyer arrived and all passengers and crew were taken off - all, that is, but stubborn Captain Kurt Carlsen, a man intent on saving his ship from the sea. Carlsen remained aboard for almost two weeks, securing towline after towline a long with Ken Darcy the first mate of the rescue tug HMRT Turmoil which arrived at the scene on the 3rd January 1952 in an attempt to bring Flying Enterprise back to Falmouth in one piece. On January 8th the weather deteriorated. Another gale developed when the Flying Enterprise was only 60 miles from safety. The tug was forced to heave to, with its bow into the storm. And the sinking ship was now riding deeper in the water and rolling to about 80 degrees. The tow line parted on January 9th. The ship began showing signs of breaking up, Captain Carlsen and Dancy were forced to jump from the ship¿ funnel into the sea, where they were picked up by the Turmoil on January 10th 1952

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• 1950s
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• 20 â secolo
• accidentes
• affondando
• approcci occidentali
• drammatic
• listing
• nave da carico
• oceano atlantico
• rimorchiatori
• spedizione
• trasporti
• united kingdom