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Final Voyage
Jonathan Eyers
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Description for Final Voyage
Paperback. Final Voyage: The World's Worst Maritime Disasters tells the stories of the deadliest and most often forgotten maritime tragedies in the history of seafaring. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 maps. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Everyone knows the story of the Titanic, but in terms of loss of life that catastrophe doesn't even figure as one of the 50 worst maritime disasters of the last three hundred years. The causes of disaster are legion: besides icebergs and enemy torpedoes, ships have been sunk by fire, explosions, flooding, capsizing, storms, collisions and human error. Ships featured include: Wilhelm Gustloff - how history forgot the 10,000 killed Lancastria - why Britain's worst disaster was covered up Mont Blanc - the ship that destroyed a city Sultana - triumph and tragedy on the Mississippi Dona Paz ... Read more
Everyone knows the story of the Titanic, but in terms of loss of life that catastrophe doesn't even figure as one of the 50 worst maritime disasters of the last three hundred years. The causes of disaster are legion: besides icebergs and enemy torpedoes, ships have been sunk by fire, explosions, flooding, capsizing, storms, collisions and human error. Ships featured include: Wilhelm Gustloff - how history forgot the 10,000 killed Lancastria - why Britain's worst disaster was covered up Mont Blanc - the ship that destroyed a city Sultana - triumph and tragedy on the Mississippi Dona Paz ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781442221673
SKU
V9781442221673
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Jonathan Eyers
Jonathan Eyers is the author of Don't Shoot the Albatross: Nautical Myths and Superstitions, and How to Snog a Hagfish: Disgusting Things in the Sea, both published by Adlard Coles Nautical.
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