50 DAYS ON A RAFT IN SOUTH ATLANTIC. THE RESCUE OF GEORGE MEDALLISTS SHIP'S CARPENTER KENNETH COOKE, OF BRIDLINGTON (WHO KEPT A DIARY ON A PIECE OF SAILCLOTH WHILE ADRIFT 50 DAYS ON A RAFT IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC) AND A/B COLIN ARMITRAGE, OF MELTON, YORKS, THE ONLY SURVIVORS OF THEIR TORPEDOED SHIP. SIXTEEN MEN SURVIVED THE TORPEDOING BUT DIED ONE BY ONE UNTIL ONLY COOKE AND ARMITRAGE SURVIVED. ON DAY 50 THEY WERE RESCUED BY HMS RAPID. COOKE'S CANVAS DIARY DESCRIBED THEIR TERRIBLE ORDEAL. - Reproduction of a part of the canvas diary kept by Cooke

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