After 37 days at sea his ship limped into Sydney after being torpedoed by a German U-boat. |
The ship was torpedoed off County Donegal and the book describes the heroic and partly successful rescue attempts. |
She was torpedoed while in ballast off Ireland and abandoned, but did not sink. |
The pensioner was honoured with the Distinguished Service Medal in 1943 from King George VI after his ship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean. |
The ship that he was supposed to be on was torpedoed and sunk with the loss of all hands and kit. |
Unfortunately, the ship was torpedoed while still in the Baltic Sea and sank. |