1959-06-13 — Page 7

THE CHINA

SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1989.

...now told in minute-by-minute detail

Radar spots a ship near...why could he not see lights?

(Continued from Page C)

the wheel from 0 to Vi degrees Le Carstens checked the radar

icope.

This time he saw the pip of

a shitp.

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Yellow dot

The pip was small and faint,

a yellow dot appearing at a dis- tance of miles and just

slightly off to the lett of the Stockholm's heading flasher.

Bending over the radar, with its eyes focused on the spot where he had seen the pip. Carstens tried to adjust the set torded brightness to bring the pip into better focus. But

it remained dim and small.

The roder has મ routid television-like screen which is

for dark excepi

Illuminated hants in the centre of the scope like the hunds of a watch.

One hond always points up- ward to 12 o'clock. The other hand vircles the screen about 12 times every minute. Any object struck by the radio agnats emitted by the sel appears on the screen when the

hand moving

reaches appropriate bearing. Its

face away is Indicated by its position In-relation to a series. of circles 'un the screen,

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NEW LONDON

MIS STOCKHOLM

From New York

NEW YORK

59 Mifer

ATLANTIC OCEAN

PANTUCKET LIGHTSHIP

S.S. ANDREA DORIA

From Genoa

decided the attip was coming her course to starboard, so capit towards the Stockholm. the

This may pass on the 'port side of the dis- WAN nat muumal

the other. Oi Stockholm's roule from New York to Nantucket,

Carstens watched the pla ni the other vessel until it reached

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10 miles distance.

He checked its course by a of observations

series

the

Carstens walked from radar to one wing of the bridge, looked out to sea, walked back to the radar to check the pip of the other ship, and then went to

and, the other bridge wing to scan the horizon. The night, it stemed to Carstens, had not changed. The moon shone over- head and the sea remained cnim.

JACOBY on BRIDGE

Confident

Having plotted the course of the other ship, Carstens walked to the starboard wing of the bridge, where he told lookout Bjorkman, "Keep a sharp look- out for a ship on the port!"

This was bil routine. But as Carstens peered into the dark night, he began to wonder why he did not see the lights of the other ship.

He saw the radar

pip of the ship advance to within Ave miles of the Stock- holm and still he could not sight the vessel,

When the oncoming ship was four miles Dway. Carstens Again he plotted the pip of turned the knob of the radar set the other ship with the help of to the close-up range of five effective the helmsmunt), It was alx milles. The become enlarged,

bidding by means of the takeout port.

beam on a black background. double.

ONE of the most to get to the miles away and four degrees to taking he pipe me e pelic

Again he looked out at the The stronger the takeout black night beyond the port double the belter the result bow of the Stockholm, expeel- should be but sometimes a really log see the other ship's mast- light ene works out beautifully. † hend.

West's double of one heart was of the light variety and when East chose to, convert it into o penalty double by passing, West Jid not like it bit.

Neither did North and South when the smoke of battle had cleared.

West's queen of dlamends lost to North's ace. Eust covered the ten of clubs with the king. South won with the ace and led the

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He bad, of course, full confi- dance in his radar. Yet good senmanship, O Corstens had learned it in school, called for him to wait if possible until he visually sighted the lights of the other ship before taking action. And he expected to see the lights then

Full speed

won-

Picking up binoculars from a ledge on this aft wall rome 10 Icet away, Corsiona strode to the port wing of the bridge for a better look at the lights,

The forward light was a bit to the left of the aft light ne he saw them, indicating that the ship was heading still further away from the Stock- holm,

Now, certain in his mind, of The position and course of the other slip, he decided he would increase iho safety margin for the

"Starboard," he called out. Larsen turned the wheel steadily two complete forts to the right.

Just routine

Carstens watched the Stock- holm's bow swing away from and the approaching vessel called out "Amidships," Larsen turned the wheel back to its centre position. Meanwhile the bridge telephone rang.

Carstens watched the Stock- holm straighten out on her new bad swung some course. Sho

the right. Then 20 degrees to He ordered "Steady" so," and Larsen studied the ship on her new course..

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The orders had been given calmly in a volce hardly raised from a normal speaking tone. To Corstens, again, thly wna routine

He manoeuvre. more suspected disaster within three minutes than does a sleep- ing man fear being struck by lightning.

He took one more look at the masthead lights of the unknown

ship to the left, satisfied him self the ships would pass safely port-to-port, and then went to answer the telephone.

The Andrea Doria plunges to her watery death.

wall as he spoke, facing the gistered in his mind. His glance at the ship through the windowa helmsman.

the of the Stockholm as he walked to the bridge wing also falled to alert him,

Johansson, replacing phone in the crow's-nest, looked out at the lights of the other ship.

In that Instant he saw the position of the lights begin to change. He stared in diserter as forward light crossed under the áft light. The lights now, as he saw them, WETO in a switched position. The other ship was going to across the bow of the Stock-

holm.

The young scoman reached for the telephone and stopped the motion. He didn't call the bridge again. His duty as look- out was

to report the sighting of other vessels to the bridge, Now it was up to the bridge.

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Roared up

Captain Nordenson below but he remained; at the wheel,

Immediately. reacted

Upon obeying his orders, holding the hearing the telegraph cables to rudder at hard right, watching the engine room moving insido disaster happen, and muttering his wall, he pushed his chale to himself, "I'm a goner. back from his desk, grabbed for this is the end for me." the his cap, and started off for the One passenger at least,

The Horace situation bridge. Fog, ho thought, *

Д Potult, upon mudden amateur yachtsman ship had come

But when he reached

the wing. bridge roared up at him.

No longer was this the safe

Dassing

situation be bad assumed. Be saw the enormoga broadside of a giant black

with ahip, sparking

lights like Copenhagen's Tivoli, The ship was heading across bla

bow.

DF davetei who never

fog and Carstens had reversed talled to carry a compass in his the engines, the captain thought pocket, had been alerted by the as he left his cabin..

distant sound of a whistle algna: from another ship. Without a On the bridge Carstens and moment's hesitation, he dropped the two scamen felt the ship the book he was reading, thrust the open shudder as the braking actied his head through began to take hold. But a ahip porthole of his cabin, and saw does not screech to a stop like a ship, her lights aglow, speeds a car. They felt the braking ing across the Stockholm's bow. but they ยาพ the Stockholm "Brace yourself," he yelled to. him. plunging ahead on her star- this vife, "we're going to

board turn still heading for the crasht

Alerted

Curstens lunged at the engine telegraph In front of Heaving his body over the tele-

ph stanchion he gripped u unknown ship. handle in each of his huge hands and pulled the twin levers, to gether to the upright, STOP position and an instant later plunged them down to FULL SPEED ASTERN..

"Hard-a-starboard," he .clrd. starboard wing of the bridge out to Larsen, as he cursed the unknown ɛhip shend of him, uito saw the lights change. He The engine telegraph clappers started across the wheelhouse

But then he clanged out their arch brassy to tell the mate saw that the officer also had as Carstens moved

handles.

Lookout Bjorkman on the

sion, the lights. Arain he peered into the night and again he

Turning his back on the op- Carstens, having walked back dered why he did not see proaching ship, he picked up to the port wing, stood with his

definite ilchi No

reason the telephone "Bridge," he binoculars focused on the lights, occurred to him. Not for a said.

He had stopped for a glance aingle moment did he think

at the radar before returning to there might be for around the other ship.

The port wing. While on

the telephone, he lain the night seemed clear

had not seen the other ship start

across the Stock her swing holm's bow. The changed post- tion of the radar pip lind not re-

that

. enough, or at any moment at about 20 degrees oft his port bow.

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As usual

He had marked an X on the plotting board. corresponding.

Lights: 20 degrees to part" To reported Johansson, now in the.

crow's-nest.

He assumed visibility was as good for the other ship. 11 occurred to him, that the ghis of the other ship might be defective. That did happen sometimes.

For a fleeting moment Car-

with the range of six miley and stens thought of summoning the four degrees to port. Then he captain, but he dismissed "that He was sure he would ruled a straight Une between Idea

the X's nothing that it showed see the other ahlp in a moment. the bearing of the other ship Still the thought of fog or ol was increasing and that the a fog patch blocking out the ship would pass-if ndlier ono lights of the oncoming ship did changed course-to the left of not occur to Carstens, The Stockholm at a distance of

between one-half and one mile, The bridge clock showed 11.06 The Stockholm was He decided he would have to P.m. turg the right to increase the ploughing full speed ahead at more than 18 knuts when passing distance because Cap Carstens went once again to

ain Nordenson's standing

Ecopo. The orders were never to allow look at the radar another vessel to come within radar plp was still there, off to

closing port, ene mile of the Stockholm.

Stockholm When Bjorkman Ho exported to have plenty sang out, "Lights to port!"

of time before the ships met to

in

on the

Carstens, standing nt the lurn the Stockholm to the right and execute the usual port-to- corner of the radar set, looked port, or left-to-deft, passing. This through the square window to the left of the pet, and there.

sing spot back. West was not wiis in accordance with Rule 18 where he had expected them to fooled. He rose with the queen of the International Rules of the be, he saw the two white dota and gave his partner a club ruff: 1 Road: When two power-driven

He could vessels are meeting end on, or of the ship's lights. Now East led the king

scarly end on, so as to involve oke out also a weak red light, spedes. It held and he shifted to risk of collision, each shall alter the portalde light of the other the seven of diamonds. South won with the king and exited with a diamond which was won by West's Incit.

West's ace of spades and East's queen took the next two tricks and finally East led D email trump: South might have played a high thump, dropped. West's jack and got out for down one but he could not see all the cards. He played the eight, Well- made his jack and South was down two tricks for a 500-point Jos

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Up until the very last instant Caratone just did not believe the ships would collido. Somehow they would miss one another, his mind insisted. He gripped Terror waited up Inside Peter the engine telegraph on the port Larsen, ranking is first voyage wing of the bridge and watched In the Stockholm, as he saw the with horror the sight which enormous black hull of the un afterwards he was never known ship the square drive from his mind for very

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