San Demetrio London (1943)

Directors

Charles Frend, Robert Hamer

Cast

Arthur Young, Walter Fitzgerald, Ralph Michael, Neville Mapp

The story

The film is a reconstruction of the story of the salvage of the British tanker, MV San Demetrio. Carrying a cargo of oil home from Galveston, Texas, she was damaged and set on fire by shells from the German cruiser Admiral Scheer, and was abandoned by her crew. Of the three lifeboats which escaped, two were picked up by other ships.

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