At her stern are the Carley floats and a large deck cargo which lies under tarpaulins. |
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Immediately men began to abandon ship, jumping over the side to the Carley floats and any available debris. |
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By this time many men had given up, let go their hold on Carley floats or wreckage and sank from sight. |
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But before I get ahead of myself, I would like to explain that our ship was equipped with Carley floats. |
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Some of the crew tried to get ashore in Carley floats but were blown past the island, drifted miles to a lee shore and where found by Icelanders. |
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While eight of the crew probably went down with her, the remainder escaped and managed to get into Carley floats on the water. |
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He reached him, supported him back to the Carley float, and the men were soon back on board ship. |
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Practically the last men picked up from Repulse were on a Carley float well laden. |
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Two and a half hours later all those on or around the Carley float were rescued by a corvette. |
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Western politicians' fears represented wise caution in dealing with a revisionist power, not merely purblind class interest as Carley would have us believe. |
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Although some men were jumping over the side of the crippled vessel, and two Carley floats had cleared the ship, there were a good many still on board, some of them wounded. |
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At about 3.30 p.m. a Carley float overtook us in the race for the cutter. |
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With a pair or so of Carley floats decorating her side and several overall coats of drab grey she constituted a mockery of what she had once been. |
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Only those who made it to a Carley float had any chance at all. |
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The survivors abandoned ship in two boats, a Carley float and a raft. |
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Most minerals are too structured and rigid to experience the inconstancy and flamboyancy of Carley. |
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Carley Ann Thompson, who is 30 tomorrow, will wear the electronic ankle bracelet for the next seven months. |
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