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She had made slow progress through a narrow channel, when the channel began to close up astern.
One catcher was detailed to follow astern in case any of the whales broke adrift.
The cutter could neither be hoisted owing to the sea alongside, nor moored safely astern.
The ferry after going astern went ahead again and enabled most, of the men on the launch to get on board the ferry.
We remained several miles astern and deep below her.
Under these conditions we should not be dropping constantly further and further astern.
Why could not one boat have been moored astern of the other, and then they could not have swung round and crashed?
The vessel was towed astern for about 10 minutes before the gear was freed by the cutting of one of the warps.
Which way is it to give its orders when the ship's head is going astern?
The vessels escorting the convoy from which these two ships had fallen astern were unaware of the attack owing to the distance separating them.
Those two sea miles would be covered under these conditions, with engines going full astern, in 10 minutes.
We are far astern of our potential enemies.
I am happy to say that that stage is being left astern of us.
We must, therefore, protect ourselves, for we are a little astern of station when we consider what is going on abroad.
The submarine therefore surfaced and conducted a visual search of the area, sighting two fishing vessels some 3,500 yds astern.
