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133 Days Lost at Sea on a Wooden Raft, the Poon Lim Story

Posted on June 26, 2018 by

November 23, 1942, 750 miles off the Amazon coast of Brazil: British armed merchant ship SS Benlomond traveled without convoy from Cape Town, South Africa, en route to Paramaribo, Suriname, six days from her destination. Accounts vary on the crew … Continue reading →

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