Boats - Sailing - Ships
Jul. 07, 1957 - Cargo steamer mate falls overboard in the Pacific treads water for nine hours waiting for Rescue. In the early hours of a morning last June in the Pacific 23 year old Douglas Wardrop second mate of the cargo steamer British Monarch fell overboard. He was water for nine hours. He had not been missed for more than three hours and Captain John Coutts retraced the course of his vessel exactly and picked him up making one of the most amazing rescue of all time. Photo shows a tiny speck in the ocean alongside the small boat Douglas Wardrop is picked up after nine hours in the Pacific Ocean
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13182424
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46925718
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5125px x 3725px
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Editorial Use Only - No Property or Model Releases. For any non-editorial use, please contact Mary Evans direct
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Keystone Pictures USA
