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Miracles on the water : the heroic survivors of a World War II U-boat attack

Nagorski, Tom 1962- (Author).

Summary: On Sept. 17, 1940, at a little after ten at night, a German submarine torpedoed the passenger liner S.S. City of Benares in the North Atlantic. There were 406 people on board, including 90 children headed for peaceful Canada, their parents having elected to send them away from Great Britain to escape the ravages of World War II. The Benares sank in half an hour, in a gale that sent several of her lifeboats pitching into the frigid sea, more than three hundred miles from the nearest rescue vessel. Not one of the survivors had any reasonable hope of rescue. The initial "miracle" involves one British destroyer's race to the scene; the second is the story of Lifeboat 12, missed by the destroyer, 46 people jammed for eight days in a craft built for 30. Based on first hand accounts from the child survivors and other passengers.--From publisher description.

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  • ISBN: 9781401301507 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1401301509
  • Physical Description: xv, 345 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Hyperion, [2006]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-328) and index.

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Subject: City of Benares (Ship)
World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, German
World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations Submarine
Shipwrecks North Atlantic Ocean
Shipwreck survival Anecdotes
Passenger ships Great Britain History 20th century
Survival at sea Anecdotes
Airplane crash survival Anecdotes
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  • 8 of 8 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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Albright Memorial Library 940.54 NAGORSK (Text) 50686013409284 Adult Nonfiction Available -
DuBois Public Library 940.54 NAGORSKI (Text)
Memorial: In Memory of Lois B. Donahue
30041001201092 Adult NonFiction Available -
Muhlenberg Community Library 940.54 NAG (Text) 33249015871761 Non-fiction Available -
New Castle Public Library 940.54 Nagorski (Text)
Memorial: In Memory Of : Frances M. De Felice By Mrs. Eleanor Brush, Mrs. Nonie Stanley & Mrs. Patricia Schweikert
31902004662094 NWCM Non-Fiction Available -
North Wales Area Library 940.54 Nagorski (Text) 35410000742650 NWAL Non-Fiction Available -
Orwigsburg Area Free Public Library 940.5429 N (Text) 3OAPL00038344J Adult Nonfiction Available -
Public Library of Catasauqua 940.5 NAG (Text) 70000000225206 Stacks Available -
Allentown Public Library 940.5429 NAGO (Text) 34455004787327 Adult Nonfiction 1st FL Available -
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