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' THE " SAN DEMETRIO " '

on BBC Home Service Basic

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Dramatic reconstruction by P. H. Burton
Produced by T. Rowland Hughes
Nearly a year ago, the oil-tanker San Demetrio, sailing in the famous Jervis Bay Convoy, was hit and set on fire. After two days in an open boat. sixteen of her crew re-boarded the burning tanker, put out. the fires, and without compass, map, or chart, accomplished the almost impossible feat of bringing her safely to an English port.
'This said the official report,
' is an epic which will go down in history whenever tales of the sea are told.'

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P. H. Burton
Produced By:
T. Rowland Hughes

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