MV SOUTHGATE - VIEWED FROM THE BRIDGE - DOING WHAT SHE DID BEST - ROLL, THIS IS THE NORTH ATLANTIC IN WINTER. THE GERMAN VESSEL ' MUNCHEN ' WAS LOST A FEW DAYS AFTER THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN SOME FEW HUNDRED MILES NORTH OF US AND ALSO A VESSEL FROM THE PHILIPPINES THE SAME NIGHT. WE WERE HOVE TO WITH ENGINE FAILURE AND ONLY BATTERY POWER TO MY EMERGENCY TRANSMITTER / RECEIVER - EARLIER THE EAST BOARD U.S COASTGUARD STATIONS WERE ISSUING WEATHER BULLETINS PREDICTING 110 FOOT SEAS TO THE NORTH OF OUR POSITION .