The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Hammond Innes Audio Book

They dismissed the Mary Deare as ‘a piece of leaking ironmongery taken off the junk heap’. For forty years this 6,000-ton freighter had tramped the seas, suffered shipwreck twice, and been torpedoed three times in two world wars. Then one March night, battered, bruised and empty, she emerged from severe Biscay gales into the English Channel - and into the newspaper headlines. Here was a ship of mystery and tragedy... in one of the greatest sea stories of all time.

Hammond Innes was born in Sussex in 1913 and wrote over 30 novels. He died in 1998.

Bill Wallis has performed in over 200 radio series and plays, while among his numerous productions for the RSC are 'The Alchemist', 'The Master Builder' and 'Twelfth Night'. He is also a prolific film and TV actor, having numerous appearances to his credit that include 'Keep the Aspidistra Flying', 'Midsomer Murders', 'Bad Girls', 'Doctors', 'Poirot' and 'Dangerfield'.