... they wards an explosior followed and Stgn Of life aboard lag in stick and string seaman- read: S.O.S. from Ourang Medan the Ourang Medan went down. all souls unaccountship. We float. All officers, includ- No explanation has boon ably lost. She ...

... had correctly decided on of fact Justice Scarman MESSAGE FROM A SHIP OF DEATH 10METHING was menacing the Dutch steamship Ourang Medan as she beat her way through the Straits of Malacca one February morning in 1948 The ship flashed a series of frantic distress ...

... flagstaff on the stern As the a Greek bulk-carrier approached officers on bridge could out the name the rust- ' streaked hull Ourang Medan it was name that would become forever associated -classic horror-story of the hot sultry day in ' June 1948 r unlikely ...