The Second World War was a terrifying ordeal for grown men. For mere boys caught up in the conflict, it could be utter hell. John Morgan joins the merchant navy as a cabin boy, looking for adventure and the chance to broaden his horizons beyond his working-class Cardiff childhood. The experience tests his courage to the very limit. His first ship is torpedoed and he is rescued from the sea as a prisoner of the Germans, confined in first a U-boat, then the hold of a tramp steamer - both 'steel coffins' to the teenager stricken with claustrophobia. Allowed out on compassionate grounds to serve the enemy officers, he learns enough German to play a crucial part in the British prisoners' daring takeover of the ship. Despite everything he has been through, after a brief respite with his family, John goes back to sea. Life with a convoy sailing through Russian waters proves arduous, but he strikes up the great friendship of his life with fellow ship's boy Terry. What follows is an...

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