Tall ships down : the last voyages of the Pamir, Albatross, Marques, Pride of Baltimore, and Maria Asumpta / Daniel S. Parrott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parrott, Daniel S. (Daniel Sargent)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shipwrecks.

Sailing ships.

Physical Description:

xiii, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Camden, Me. : International Marine / McGraw-Hill, [2003]

Summary:

Technologically outmoded and once nearly swept from the seas, tall ships have experienced a fifty-year renaissance as sail training and passenger vessels, and we are the richer for it. But that resurgence has had a tragic side, and professional mariner and maritime scholar Dan Parrott explores it in Tall Ships Down, a groundbreaking reconstruction of the losses of the 316-foot barque Pamir in 1957; the 117-foot brigantine Albatross in 1961; the 117-foot barque Marques in 1984; the 137-foot Pride of Baltimore in 1986; and the 125-foot brig Maria Asumpta in 1995. Together, these disasters claimed 112 lives.

Contents:

Introduction: Signing On 1

Pamir (1905-1957) 15

Albatross (1921-1961) 65

Marques (1917-1984) 109

Pride of Baltimore (1977-1986) 177

Maria Asumpta (1858-1995) 231

Conclusion: Paying Off 267

Stability 283

Beaufort Wind Scale 287

Modern Materials on Traditional Ships 288

In Memoriam: The Names of the Lost 290.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0071390928

OCLC:

50638650