SS Emerald was sailing in company with a number of ships on the night of 31st Jan 1944 off Beachy Head when a flotilla of e-boats attacked sinking several vessels including Emerald (806 tons) and the ...
"We used to go on family holidays and mum and dad really couldn't get me into a sailing boat, I was terrified," said Niblett, from Bantham in south Devon. "My mum eventually managed to persuade me to ...