"Anything is better, in my judgment," said John Mangles, "than braving certain destruction on a stranded vessel."

Local boats came out to the stranded vessel and all aboard were saved, the 35 British prisoners taken to a prison hulk at Flushing.

They specialized in wrecking and salvaging stranded vessels along the shallow Mid-Atlantic coastline.

A gangof slaves waded out to the stranded vessel to carry the Prince andother notables to the beach.

On 24 March two more French privateers showed up and attempted to rescue the stranded vessel.

The following day, 6 November, at 15:58 , U-625 torpedoed the stranded vessel and then wrecked her with gunfire.

At this time, he also became well known throughout the United Kingdom for his skills in rescuing sunken and stranded vessels.

All was quiet aboard the stranded vessel of the condemned Unithers as the rain pattered on its hull.

During the First Punic War a large fleet was built allegedly using a stranded Phoenician vessel as a prototype.

Mario Pellegrini, the deputy mayor of Giglio, said he boarded the stranded vessel at about 11pm.