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A lifeboat launched in a full storm - yet only one man made it inside
A lifeboat launched in a full storm - yet only one man made it inside
Fear of a sudden, inexplicable disaster: a nearly century-old tug sank intact in 38 feet of water on December 30, 1962, nine men vanished, and the official inquiry later disappeared-what really happened in that one hour between the last radio call and silence?
In this episode, we tell the story of the Gwendoline Steers' final voyage, the crew aboard, the violent weather that struck in under an hour, the prior grounding and hurried repair a week earlier, and the baffling gaps left by a missing inquiry-could a repaired hull…
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