b'The front cover of the Prayer Book and the dedication on the inside.on 1st Nov 1914 when he was outfought by Germanlifeboats eventually lost touch. After 26 days at sea, Admiral Graf von Spee. those in William Cooks boat were picked up by a ship It is not clear why his bust was in St Ediths inbound for Capetown from where they were able to sail the 1930s, but evidently Capt. William Cook found itback to Glasgow. The other boat which contained the inspirational. Captain was at sea for 28 days, finally making land very close to their plotted destination after a journey of The Sinking of the Athelknight over 1000 miles. They ended up in a hospital on the In his letter William does not elaborate on his ownisland of St Kitts. The Captain says that he eventually experience of being torpedoed by a German U-boat inmade it back to Glasgow in September 1942.WWII but we can learn more from the internet where extracts from his log of the incident are published 2along with the memories of the Athelknights Captain. Evidently, the MV Athelknight had sailed out of Barry with Trinidad as a destination when it was torpedoed in mid Atlantic and sunk on 26 May 1942. Two lifeboats survived the sinking and one of those was in the charge of Third Officer William H. Cook.The Captain who was in the other lifeboat tells how it was approached by the submarine after a period of shelling of the Athelknight. The Captain wasordered on board the submarine by its Commanderand questioned as to the nationality of the crew. Being told that they were British rather than American the Commander said he was very sorry for them and gave them some loaves of bread (which later proved to be mouldy!) before letting them get on their way and continuing to shell and torpedo the Athelknight before it finally sank. Mr Rhodes & his grand-daughter - taken after he Having pulled alongside each other and evened upretired.numbers with 25 in one and 26 in the other, the two 2William donated the original log to the Imperial War Museum in 2002.BULLETIN 18 347'