Morrell Murphy's family was told he had been killed in the attack by a German submarine in 1944.
BBC News NIMorrell Murphy, from Lisburn, was on board HMS Capel when it was torpedoed by a German submarine in 1944.The family even received a letter of sympathy from King George VI but soon afterwards Morrell turned up fit and well at the family home.
In December 1944 he survived a German attack in the English Channel which killed more than 70 of his fellow crew members on HMS Capel.It meant the British authorities did not realise he was still alive.When he arrived unannounced at his parents' home the following month there was disbelief.Image caption,"I remember my sister running over to a telephone kiosk to tell my cousins and my uncle and aunt that I was alright.
"After a long two hours I was picked up by an American motor torpedo boat and taken to Cherbourg Harbour and then on to the American field hospital about three miles away. "No fresh clothes were offered and I walked barefoot back to the harbour wearing an oil-stained jersey.
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