Sea-hounds . falHng astern, and breakdowns, andthe chance of trickery, it was one continualround of worry from the time we left Base to ourreturn. This time was no exception to the rule, evenbefore the big smash. One of the Swedesâtherewere Norwegian and Danish as well as Swedish shipsin the convoy, but we called them all Swedes,*probably because it was shorter and easier to saythan Scandinavianâwell, one of the Swedes shiftedcargo along about dark of the i6th, with the resultthat the slower ships, and this included most of theconvoy, lagged back, while several of the faster oneskept on. I don
Sea-hounds . falHng astern, and breakdowns, andthe chance of trickery, it was one continualround of worry from the time we left Base to ourreturn. This time was no exception to the rule, evenbefore the big smash. One of the Swedesâtherewere Norwegian and Danish as well as Swedish shipsin the convoy, but we called them all Swedes,*probably because it was shorter and easier to saythan Scandinavianâwell, one of the Swedes shiftedcargo along about dark of the i6th, with the resultthat the slower ships, and this included most of theconvoy, lagged back, while several of the faster oneskept on. I dont know whether this was done byorder, or whether it just happened. Anyhow, theStrongboiv remained behind with the slower section,while the Mary Rose pushed on as an escort for thefaster. It was the first lotâthe main convoyâthatthe raiders attacked first, but just what happened Idid not see, for we had drawn a long way ahead ofthem in the course of the night. When I came up to stand my watch as anti-. O > z o u z o â¢on â¢S o X eo o ⢠5. V 4)>. O bCO uQ CO 03< Against Odds 271 submarine lookout, on the after searchlight platform,at four in the morning of the 17th, I remember thatit was cloudy and thick overhead, but with very fairvisibility on the water. We were steaming alongcomfortably with two boilers, which gave us a bigmargin of speed over everything needed to cut ourzigzags round the comparatively slow packets wewere escorting. The sea was rough but almostdead astern, so that it made little troubleâforthe moment, that is. We had enough of it alittle later. Along toward six oclock the visibility began toextend as it grew lighter, but there was no sign of themain convoy when, at exactly five-fifty, I sightedHashes of light fluttering along the northern my ears caught no sound but the throb ofthe engines and the churning of the screws, I hadno doubt they were from gun-fire, and reported themat once by voice-pipe to the Officer of the
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