Final Voyage : The world's worst maritime disasters

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eyers, Jonathan.

Contributor:

ebrary, Inc., Content Provider.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shipwrecks--Delmarva Peninsula--History.

Shipwrecks--New Zealand--Wellington Harbour.

Local Subjects:

Shipwrecks--Delmarva Peninsula--History.

Shipwrecks--New Zealand--Wellington Harbour.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Other Title:

Final Voyage

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 twentieth century was the age of the great ocean vessels, capable of carrying thousands of passengers, but it also became the age of unprecedented losses at sea. 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. Many of these disasters have been almost forgotten, such as the loss of the Wil

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 In the Hands of God: Catastrophe at sea during the Age of Sail; 2 America's Titanic: Triumph and tragedy aboard the Sultana; 3 The Halifax Explosion: The loss of a ship, the devastation of a city; 4 War at Sea: From the Spanish Armada to the Bismarck; 5 Britain's Darkest Hour: The loss of the Lancastria and why Churchill covered it up; 6 The Age of Total Loss: Tragedy without triumph during the Second World War; 7 Ten Thousand Dead: The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff; 8 Worse than Titanic: Maritime disasters since the Second World War; Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-283-90243-5

1-4081-5892-2

OCLC:

823721428