12 March 1980. Lucky Stewart overboard for 12 hours

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brisbane12 March 1980. On this day in 1980 AB Stewart was lost overboard from HMAS Brisbane 120 miles north west of Honolulu. He was picked up 12 hours later by USS Joseph Strauss.

AB Stewart showed considerable presence of mind in the water and had kept himself afloat by inflating a passing plastic garbage bag. For the last two hours of his time in the water he was circled by a large shark. Thereafter in HMAS Brisbane he answered to the name ‘Lucky Stewart.’

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