Jim McLoughlin
Author
Publisher
National Maritime Museum
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Jim McLoughlin joined the Royal Navy in 1939. He was returning home on leave in September 1942 aboard HMS Laconia when it was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat. The ensuing tale of his survival is a heart-rending account of hope repeatedly crushed by adversity, only to rise again.