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Originally Posted by Adrian Roberts  Have you seen the film "San Demetrious, London"?
Made in 1943, this is the true story of a ship of this convoy, the tanker San Demetrious, which was very severely damaged and abandoned by her crew. The next morning, the some of the crew spotted a ship from their lifeboat and realised that it was their own vessel, still afloat. They reboarded her, and despite damage, managed to limp back to England.
The film does show the sacrifice of "Jervis Bay". Model-work of course, but pretty effective for the time. |
Hi Adam,
Great pick up! I was wondering if anyone would make the association.
"San Demetrio London" is the name and "my friend" Kyt chased up a DVD for me from E-Bay (Copied version) for under three pounds as the movie is now out of copyright.
The only "real" copies available were selling for $95.00 on VHS.
The movie is great and it was good to see the crew also received the salvage money as the Captain was picked up by another ship and did not re-board San Demetrio.