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Author | : J. Revell Carr |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 631 |
Release | : 2010-06-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1451603762 |
In the darkness before moonrise on the Atlantic Ocean off the African coast on August 21, 1940, the night erupted in a fusillade of bullets and shells. The victim was a stalwart English tramp steamer, Anglo-Saxon, part of the lifeline that was keeping besieged England supplied. The attacker was the Widder, a German surface raider, disguised as a neutral merchant ship. When it was near its prey, the raider unmasked its hidden armament and with overwhelming force destroyed the target ship. Only seven of the forty-one man crew of the Anglo-Saxon managed to get into a small boat and escape the raiders. Seventy days later, two of them, half dead, stumbled ashore in the Bahamas. The account of the sailors' ordeal -- how first the badly wounded and then the less strong died and were thrown over the side of a fragile boat that had almost no supplies -- is suspenseful and riveting. On the same day the two survivors reached the Bahamas, the Widder arrived off Brest, in occupied France, her murderous voyage over. Her captain, Hellmuth von Ruckteschell, who sank a staggering twenty-five ships, was eventually tried as a war criminal. All Brave Sailors is a story of endurance, heroism, brutality, and survival under the most terrible circumstances. It fills a gap in the history of World War II, telling the story of the much neglected sailors and the ships of the merchant marine, fighting against great odds in the early days of the war.
Author | : J Revell Carr |
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Release | : 2001-01-01 |
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ISBN | : 9785558607789 |
In the tradition of Shackleton's voyage in the James Caird and "In Harm's Way" comes the amazing story of survival when a British World War II merchant ship is sunk and only two men survive and make it to land across the ocean after 70 days in a small boat.
Author | : John Beecher |
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Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1945 |
Genre | : African American sailors |
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Author | : John Beecher |
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Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1945 |
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Author | : Susanne Stemmer |
Publisher | : Ilvie Little & Friends GmbH |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2021-12-09 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 3903490040 |
Ilvie Little, the curious elf, has had enough of the beautiful but boring land of the elves and decides to discover the big, wide world.Together with her friends, a cook, and two twinkling companionsthe grumpy dog Sammy and the gluttonous monkey Theoshe wants to solve an ancient riddle.To do this, she must polish up a dusty old ship and go on the search for a lost treasure, withstanding any and all resistance along the way. But the fearless friends conquer all danger.A magical story for strong kids and those who want to become stronga fantastic, courage-inspiring book for reading out loud and reading yourself. For cool kids from 5-99.
Author | : J. Revell Carr |
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Total Pages | : 363 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Survival |
ISBN | : 9780340825778 |
On August 21st, 1940, a German warship sank an English freighter, the Anglo-Saxon, in the mid Atlantic. The German ship, the Widder, was part of a class of converted merchant ships known as surface raiders, warships that would disguise themselves as harmless vessels from neutral countries and prey upon Allied shipping. escaped in its jolly boat and embarked on what would become one of the longest open boat voyages in recorded history. Within a few weeks, only two men lived: Bob Tapscott and Roy Widdicombe. On September 24th, they made the last entry in their scant log: All water and biscuits gone, but still hoping to make land. For the remaining 37 days they subsisted on rain, seaweed, minute sea creatures and, of course, the dwindling reserves their bodies retained. They contemplated suicide, fought with each other and weathered a three-day hurricane. On 30th October they landed in the Bahamas after sailing more than 2700 miles. preserved at Mystic Seaport, America's leading maritime museum, until 1997 when it was returned to England. It is now the central object in the Battle of the Atlantic exhibition at London's Imperial War Museum.
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Release | : 2014 |
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Author | : Mirra Ginsburg |
Publisher | : Greenwillow Books |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1987-08-17 |
Genre | : Mice |
ISBN | : 9780688065140 |
Four mice are brave sailors who fear nothing except the cat.