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Simple courage [a true story of peril on the sea]

"Heaven help the sailor on a night like this."--Old folk prayer. In late December 1951, laden with passengers and nearly forty metric tons of cargo, the freighter S.S. Flying Enterprise steamed westward from Europe toward America. A few days into the voyage, she hit the eye of a ferocious storm. Force 12 winds tossed men about like playthings and turned drops of freezing Atlantic foam into icy missiles ... When, in the space of twenty-eight hours, the ship was slammed by two rogue waves--solid walls of water more than sixty feet high--the impacts cracked the decks and hull almost down to the waterline, threw the vessel over on her side, and thrust all on board into terror. Flying Enterprise's captain, Kurt Carlsen, a seaman of rare ability and valor, mustered all hands to patch the cracks and then try to right the ship. When these efforts came to naught, he helped transfer, across waves forty feet high, the passengers and the entire crew to lifeboats sent from nearby ships.

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  • ""Heaven help the sailor on a night like this."--Old folk prayer. In late December 1951, laden with passengers and nearly forty metric tons of cargo, the freighter S.S. Flying Enterprise steamed westward from Europe toward America. A few days into the voyage, she hit the eye of a ferocious storm. Force 12 winds tossed men about like playthings and turned drops of freezing Atlantic foam into icy missiles ... When, in the space of twenty-eight hours, the ship was slammed by two rogue waves--solid walls of water more than sixty feet high--the impacts cracked the decks and hull almost down to the waterline, threw the vessel over on her side, and thrust all on board into terror. Flying Enterprise's captain, Kurt Carlsen, a seaman of rare ability and valor, mustered all hands to patch the cracks and then try to right the ship. When these efforts came to naught, he helped transfer, across waves forty feet high, the passengers and the entire crew to lifeboats sent from nearby ships."@en
  • ""In December 1951, laden with passengers and nearly forty metric tons of cargo, the merchant marine freighter S.S. Flying Enterprise steamed westward from Europe toward America. A few days into the voyage, she hit a ferocious storm. Within 28 hours, the ship was slammed by two rogue waves--solid walls of water more than sixty feet high--cracking the decks and hull almost down to the waterline. The captain, Kurt Carlsen, mustered all hands to patch the cracks and try to right the ship. Then he helped transfer, across 40-foot waves, the passengers and crew to lifeboats from nearby ships. Then, to the amazement of the world, Carlsen defied all entreaties to abandon ship. Instead, for the next two weeks, he fought to bring Flying Enterprise and her cargo to port. His heroic endeavor became the world's biggest news."--Publisher description."@en
  • "The true story of Kurt Carlsen, the captain of the freighter S.S. Flying Enterprise, who, in December 1951, struggled to evacuate his passengers and crew and bring the severely disabled ship back to port after high winds and waves threw the vessel over on her side."
  • "Chronicles the Christmas Day 1951 storm that destroyed the American freighter Flying Enterprise and the ordeal of its captain, Kurt Carlsen, who refused to abandon his sinking ship."@en
  • "In late December 1951, laden with passengers and nearly forty metric tons of cargo, the freighter S.S. Flying Enterprise steamed westward from Europe toward America. A few days into the voyage she hit the eye of a ferocious storm that cracked the decks and hull almost down to the waterline, threw the vessel over on her side, and thrust all onboard into terror. For reasons both professional and intensely personal, and to the amazement of the world, Flying Enterprise's captain, Kurt Carlsen, defied all requests and entrities to abandon ship. Instead, for the next two weeks, he fought to bring Flying Enterprise and her cargo to port."@en

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  • "Simple courage [a true story of peril on the sea]"
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  • "Simple Courage a True Story of Peril on the Sea"@en
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