The Perseus Survivor

The Perseus Survivor documents the story of British Navy stoker John Capes the lone survivor of a sunken submarine who hid from enemy forces for 18 months before his rescue The Perseus a British Parthianclass vessel built in 1929 was sunk by depth charges dropped from an Italian ship during a mission On the submarine was a crew of 59 plus two passengers one of whom was 31yearold Navy stoker John Hawtrey Capes When the sub sank Capes washed up on the shore of Kefalonia and for 18 months he hid behind enemy lines hoping for a rescue that might never come