Description
The San Demetrio London DVD is a true story about the crew of the petrol tanker "San Demetrio" who were left with a near impossible task when she was torpedoed by the Germans. After the ship was torpedoed, the crew abandoned ship in three lifeboats. Two are picked up by other ships in the convoy, but the third drifts for days until its crew spies the burning "San Demetrio" on the horizon. Do they board the ship, try to put out its fires and get it back to English shores or do they stay in the drifting lifeboat in the hope of being rescued?
Set in 1940 during the battle of the Atlantic, this is the true
story of how the crew of the petrol tanker 'San Demetrio' was left
with a near impossible task when she was torpedoed by the Germans.
After the ship was torpedoed, the crew abandoned ship in three
lifeboats. Two are picked up by other ships in the convoy, but the
third drifts for days until its crew spies the burning 'San
Demetrio' on the horizon. Do they board the ship, try to put out
its fires and get it back to English shores or do they stay in the
drifting lifeboat in the hope of being rescued?