Howard Hughes bought the 338 ft yacht Rover sight unseen in 1933 after the former owner Lord Inchscape, chairman of the P&O steamship line passed away.
He renamed the yacht Southern Cross but sold it before WW2. It ended its life as part of the Mexican navy and was scrapped in 1960.
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It also rescued 376 survivors from the torpedoed liner Athenia in 1939. This act started the Battle of the Atlantic. The torpedo hit the ship just 7 hours after the British declared war on Nazi Germany.
Do you know who owned it during that time?
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