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Twice Torpedoed A Merchant Seamans Voice From The Sea

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40,000 Merchant Marine volunteers lost their lives in the two World Wars - 27-year-old Colin Watt from Mangere was one. Torpedoed, taken prisoner on the Altmark, rescued, then fatally torpedoed off Long Island, New York, by a German U-boat. But his rescued letters, snapshots, and journals... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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Twice Torpedoed A Merchant Seamans Voice From The Sea

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40,000 Merchant Marine volunteers lost their lives in the two World Wars - 27-year-old Colin Watt from Mangere was one. Torpedoed, taken prisoner on the Altmark, rescued, then fatally torpedoed off Long Island, New York, by a German U-boat. But his rescued letters, snapshots, and journals survived, and piecing them together, Watt’s namesake and nephew, ColinΒ  Carruthers, tells his uncle’s hair-raising war
story.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781738583645

Publisher: UGLY HILL PRESS

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 January 2026

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: UGLY HILL PRESS

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