Contents

Introduction

Prologue    Many happy returns

1    Down among the ships

2    New mates and marmalade

3    Valiant days

4    Convoys, chaos and carnage

5    Terror in the night

6    Our grim struggle begins

7    Drifting into madness

8    Ruthless measures

9    The pain of survival

10    Freetown farewell

11    The hard way home

12    Adrift on land

13    A sea change far away

14    Postscript to a nightmare

Epilogue

Acknowledgements