the surface - which they do, with only one loss. However, this turns out to be a very deceptive survival - the makers of the survival suits neglected to include any food or drinking water, or any means of calling for help. The U-boat survivors are thus doomed to a long-drawn out death on the surface, and even their Captain can find no further resource - and as they weaken, the gulls swoop down. Teichmann, with his earlier experience, goes mad and shouts a hysterical welcome to the gulls. In a postscript, it is noted that the gulls have drawn the attention of a German patrol boat, which arrived to find seven of the U-boat survivors still alive. But Ott deliberately neglects to tell whether or not Teichmann was one of those seven. References 1954 novels U-boat fiction Novels set during World War II