SURVIVORS FROM BRITISH MERCHANT SHIPS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR - In this little boat, Roy Widdicombe (left) and Robert Tapscott (right), two courageous British seamen, sailed 3,000 miles after their ship was sunk by a raider off the coast of the Azores. After 71 days, during which time they suffered many hardships, the young seamen reached Eleuthera from which point they sailed to Nassau, Bahamas

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