Title: Non-combatants : a novel, sequel to Westbound, warbound /
Authors: Fullerton, Alexander, 1924-2008
Publisher: Time Warner,
Year: 2005
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, British Fiction.; Naval convoys Fiction.; Merchant marine Great Britain Fiction.
Abstract: In the summer of 1940, Andy Holt is aboard the SS Barranquilla as second mate. They will be routed up the US seaboard to Halifax, Nova Scotia which is the assembly-point for home-bound convoys. The danger of U-boats is very high as they prefer their prey to be fully laden. ... Odds against Andy and his ship getting home are not good.