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Desperate for men to sail merchant ships, government officials devised a plan to enlist convicts from Barlinnie Prison and use them as crew for a 25,000-ton merchantman. This book relates the story of these men through the accounts of two survivors, plus Captain David Bone's log and police records.Haining, Peter is the author of 'Jail That Went to Sea: An Untold Story of the Battle of the Atlantic 1941-42' with ISBN 9781844860500 and ISBN 1844860507.
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