vii, 251 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
Contents
Capture.--Prisoner of the Germans.--Internment in Japan.--Homeward Bound
Summary
On a calm, tropical afternoon in the South Atlantic Ocean in Aril 1942, a British tramp steamer, the SS Willesden, was shelled, torpedoed and sunk by a German raider, the KMS Thor. The Willesden was carrying 47 officers and crew, and a cargo of vital war supplies destined for Britain.s 8th Army in North Africa
