DVD: San Demetrio London: Arthur Young; Walter Fitzgerald; Ralph Michael

In 1940, during the battle of the Atlantic, the British tanker, MV San Demetrio is carrying a cargo of oil from Galveston, Texas. She is set on fire by shells from the German cruiser Admiral Scheer and the crew must abandon ship. Of the three lifeboats which escaped the damaged tanker, two were picked up by other ships. After drifting for three days, the occupants of the third, who included the chief engineer and the second officer, are determined to salvage the still-burning San Demetrio...and set out to do it. Based on a true story.