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Cassell & Company Ltd., London. Fourth Edition 1954. The oil-tanker Brookan torpedoed in the Indian Ocean a thousand miles from the African Coast sent it's crew thirty nine men - some wounded by machine gun fire - into the lifeboats and on to an incredible voyage of survival. Some of the crew die of wounds, some, unable to endure the blinding heat, the hunger and thirst, and the jam packed immobility, go mad and leap to the sharks which were their constant companions. Written by Australian Jack Harvey who endured a similar voyage of thirty six days in an open lifeboat. 190 mm x 130 mm 183pp.