Title:
Torpedoed : the true story of the World War II sinking of "The Children's Ship"
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
In September 1940, passenger liner SS City of Benares set out in a convoy of nineteen ships sailing for Canada. On board were ninety CORB children, chaperones, and crew, along with paying passengers. When the war ships escorting the Benares to safe waters peeled off and the way forward seemed certain, a German submarine attacked and torpedoed the Benares.
Other Title:
True story of the World War II sinking of "The Children's Ship"
Year Published:
2019
Physical Description:
xi, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Corporate Subject:
ISBN:
9781627795548
Publisher:
New York, New York : Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company, [2019]
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