Adventures of the Blackgang

Derelict (Paramount, 1930)

The life of merchant seamen is realistically portrayed in this adventure.

The story centers around two sailors who find their friendship tested when both have the opportunity to become captain.

Their relationship is further strained when they fall for the same woman. They get a chance to prove their seamanship when their ship is assaulted by a terrible storm.

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Derelict (Paramount, 1930). Lobby Card

Starring George Bancroft, Jessie Royce Landis, William ‘Stage’ Boyd, Donald Stuart. Directed by Rowland V. Lee.

The life of merchant seamen is realistically portrayed in this adventure.

The story centers around two sailors who find their friendship tested when both have the opportunity to become captain.Their relationship is further strained when they fall for the same female.

They get a chance to prove their seamanship when their ship is assaulted by a terrible storm.  (allmovie)

Boat Compass

This boat compass was used by merchant seamen aboard one of the lifeboats from the SS Alcoa Guide, an American freighter sunk by the German submarine U-123 three hundred miles east of Cape Hatteras on April 16, 1942. The donor, Waldemar Semenov, was a Junior Engineer aboard the vessel and one of twenty-seven men who survived the attack. After drifting for three days, crowded into two lifeboats, they were spotted by a search plane and rescued a day later by the USS Broome, a navy destroyer. A life raft carrying another four members of the freighter’s crew was not found until three weeks had passed, at which point only one man was still alive. Seven lives were lost in the attack.

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