Extracts from a collection of nine letters written by Lieutenant Martin Leake giving accounts of his experiences aboard the SY Sheelah in 1914 when it was hit by a torpedo and sunk, and the HMS Achilles in 1916.
The letters are read by Richard Tomlinson.
Torpedo hits the SY Sheelah on 8 Sept 1914
Personal account by Lieutenant Martin Leake
World War I battle, June 1916
Personal account by Lieutenant Martin Leake