Diane Armstrong came to Australia in 1948 on a terrible sea voyage aboard the SS Derna. This is her story. The voyage of the SS Derna in 1948 was a scandal that sparked an official inquiry when the ship finally docked in Australia. An overcrowded rustbucket that took months longer than scheduled to make its journey, it exploited the desperate refugees who sought new lives outside Europe after the War.
Voyage of their Life
