by Nicholas Montsarrat
dramatized for radio by Barry Campbell
with Richard Pasco as Lieutenant-Commander Ericson, RNR
and Michael N. Harbour as Lieutenant Lockhart, RNVR

"This is the story - the true story - of one ocean, two ships and about 150 men. It deals with a long and brutal battle - the worst of any war.... The men are the stars of the story; its only heroines the ships, the only villain the cruel sea itself."

(BBC Birmingham)
(Stereo)
(Feature p 11)
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