distress rocket

If he blows a distress rocket from his nose, tell me and I'll kill him."

It is also said, however, that this constituted no reason for a good mariner to do nothing upon learning of the distress rockets.

While distress rockets were fired and numerous ships passed by, none took any notice.

Just as Mason is waiting below ready to carry a message should a distress rocket be sighted."

Distress rockets were seen by the Kerlogue which altered course to assist.

Clallam carried no distress rockets, which in those days before radio, might have saved some or all of her people.

Things looked bleak; the Elbe distress rockets had not been seen by any passing vessels and so no one knew of their predicament.

It was not the red flare of the distress rockets, but steady beams of light coming down from the ceiling.

Distress rockets were fired and the passengers donned their lifejackets.

As the boats were being launched, the crew saw a light from another ship, and desperately launched two distress rockets to ask for assistance.

She fired distress rockets.

By the early evening the vessel had sprung a leak and become unmanageable and the Master began firing off distress rockets.

Questions were raised on why the SS Uganda did not come to give assistance when the distress rockets were fired.

Eventually she managed to attract the attention of the Leyland ship William Cliff, by firing distress rockets.

Distress rockets were fired after seeing a nearby ship, the SS Uganda, but strangely they never sent assistance.

The captain ordered the distress rockets to be fired, and a local rescue effort ensued, with all the passengers and crew escaping to shore safely.

Even though the distress rockets were overlooked by the SS Uganda, some of the Troubridge locals saw them.

He looked up at the mass of gobbets floating around above the pyramid and the distant flare of the distress rockets coming out of the Pit.

The source for the story was her carpenter, James McGregor, who stated that she had been close enough to see the Titanic's lights and distress rockets.

Early in the morning of 25 March the men on Seneca heard a loud explosion within their convoy, and shortly afterward saw distress rockets in the air.

Distress rockets were fired every few minutes to attract the attention of any ships nearby and the radio operators repeatedly sent the distress signal CQD.

During the height of the storm late on the afternoon of the 9th, several witnesses heard steamer whistles and sighted distress rockets far offshore of Inverhuron.

The first International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea formed a treaty that also required 24-hour radio monitoring and standardized the use of distress rockets.

OVERLEAF: Marc Cory's distress rocket, which he intended to launch into orbit to warn the solar system of the Daleks' threat.

The two escort ships were unaware of what was happening to the Belgrano, as they were out of touch with her in the gloom and had not seen the distress rockets or lamp signals.