Five Months on a German Raider

"Five Months on a German Raider" is the memoir of Englishman Frederic George Trayes following his capture and subsequent detention aboard a German naval vessel in 1917, during the First World War. Travelling to Mozambique with his wife on board a Japanese vessel, Trayes and the crew were astonished to see a mysterious vessel bearing down on them, and when it finally caught up with them their worst fears were confirmed when they spotted the German flag on the vessel…