A Flock of Ships Author:Brian Callison Fontana Collins Paperback No. 2698. — A novel of WWII, based upon the torpedoed loss of a real ship, the MV Cyclops in 1942 in the North Atlantic. Callison's story was praised by Alistair MacLean in a book review in 1970; that praise is in large print on the cover of the book; and apparently confused a predecessor into putting the wrong... more » name in the author's slot.
From the cover blurbs:
MV Cyclops to all ships: TORPEDOED AND SINKING. WE ARE ABANDONING....
That was 1941. Twenty-five years later, the Cyclops is discovered in the South Atlantic. Virtually undamaged, she lies rotting in the land-locked harbour of Quintanila de Almeida - several hundred horror-filled miles from her radioed position...« less