When the cargo ship Chapelon is ordered to sail from her home port of Dunkirk just two days before Christmas, her crew is less than pleased. Not only were their hopes of celebrating with their loved ones wrecked, they also knew they were about to sail into rough and turbulent seas.In a storm of unprecedented fury that is encountered off the north-east coast of England, the ship experiences an engine room explosion that leaves her disabled and at the mercy of the furious wind blowing her towards the shore. Efforts to find a tug to assist Chapelon prove to be fruitless and a life boat and helicopter that are dispatched to aid the distressed ship and rescue her crew themselves become overwhelmed in the atrocious conditions being experienced.When Chapelon’s grounding becomes an obvious and imminent certainty, her crew’s very survival becomes reliant upon a local coastguard coming up with a last-ditch plan.
The secondary school I went to was in Stourbridge, in the West Midlands. Given its location in the middle of the country - and that I originally hail from Worcestershire, I was the only person among ........
Join acclaimed author Peter Muller in picturesque Cornwall as he delights fans by signing copies of his latest masterpiece, "Farewell Chapelon." With its captivating narrative and richly develo ........
Whilst working with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in Cornwall I was both Operations Manger of the coastguard station and involved with surveying and inspecting ships. A journey to Truro on July 1 ........
The publication of my novel Farewell Chapelon by Peter Muller has resulted in catching up with old friends, some of whom I have not seen or been in contact with for a long time.When I was Operations M ........
My old coastguard colleague Sue Nelson has already provided a critique about Farewell Chapelon and also kindly passed on her own experiences with the breaches buoy from when she was based in the Or ........
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee proved to be a fairly quiet event for this author. Looking back over the years when other royal celebrations occurred, this has not always been so!During the Golden Jub ........
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