Despite the head start, the fast battlecruisers quickly caught up with the worn-out German ships, which had just completed a 16,000 mile voyage without repairs.

Through marvelous navigation, Hope made the 800 mile voyage to Port Jackson by 8 September.

The 8,600 mile voyage was, at the time, the longest in known history, only eclipsed by the 1973 Las Balsas expedition, again led by Alsar.

After four days at Fort Lauderdale, she arrived at Norfolk on 11 November 1971, completing an 18,132-nautical mile (33,580-kilometer) voyage from the Middle East.

Over two months later, on October 27th, the last two survivors in the boat landed in the Bahamas after a 2,275 mile voyage.

During this 700 mile voyage, a crew of 242 remained aboard.

They completed the 2100 mile voyage in 99 hours 19 minutes 15seconds.

It is a rude awakening after being cosseted in QM2s arms for the 3,200 mile voyage.

She was towed back to Australia a fortnight into the 4000 mile voyage due to a fault with the desalination machine the rowing boat was equipped with.

In their 7,350-nautical mile voyage from Southampton, England, to Cape Town, the crews pushed their boats long and hard.