Great British Shipwrecks

Author : Rod Macdonald
Publisher : Whittles
ISBN 13 : 9781849950770
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great British Shipwrecks written by Rod Macdonald and published by Whittles. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 37 classic shipwrecks around the UK - with full history, photos and illustration of each by renowned marine artist

Author : Robert Weller
Publisher : Ebsco Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Famous Shipwrecks of the Florida Keys written by Robert Weller and published by Ebsco Media. This book was released on 1990 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Larn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shipwrecks of Great Britain and Ireland written by Richard Larn and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Andrew C A Jampoler
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612513271
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Horrible Shipwreck! written by Andrew C A Jampoler and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On August 25, 1833, the British convict ship Amphitrite, filled with more than one hundred women prisoners and their children along with a crew of thirteen, left London for a convict colony in New South Wales. Less than a week later, all but three died when a savage storm battered their ship to pieces on the beach at Boulogne--in sight of hundreds of horrified onlookers. Inexplicably, the captain, John Hunter, had refused offers of aid from the shore. Sensational news coverage of the calamity prompted an Admiralty investigation to find out who was responsible. The suspicion was that Hunter and the surgeon aboard rejected assistance because they feared the women would escape custody. Some blamed the doctor’s wife because she had refused to go ashore in the same boat with the convicts so no boat was launched. Colorfully set in the political and social context of early 19th century Great Britain, this account of the shipwreck is peopled with a fascinating cast of characters that includes John Wilks, the Paris correspondent of a London newspaper whose reporting triggered public emotions; Lord Palmerston, the British foreign secretary; William Hamilton, the British consul who led the investigation; Sarah Austin, a British expatriate whose heroism the night of the wreck merits an award; and a Prussian prince. Drawing from government records in England, Scotland, and France, and from contemporary reports, Andrew Jampoler spins a memorable sea tale that is entirely true yet rivals the best of fiction. Readers will find this latest addition to his growing body of works firmly cements Jampoler’s reputation as a master storyteller.

Author : Ron Young
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781904445890
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ultimate Shipwreck Guide written by Ron Young and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive guide that includes the precise position and characteristics of 285 wrecks between Whitby and Berwick - from fishing boats to submarines and steamers to warships - that were lost or sunk from the 1850s onwards.

Author : Sam Willis
Publisher : Quercus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782065229
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shipwreck written by Sam Willis and published by Quercus Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shipwrecks have captured our imagination for centuries. Here acclaimed historian Sam Willis traces the astonishing tales of ships that have met with disastrous ends, along with the ensuing acts of courage, moments of sacrifice and episodes of villainy that inevitably occurred in the extreme conditions. Many were freak accidents, and their circumstances so extraordinary that they inspired literature: the ramming of the Essex by a sperm whale was immortalized in Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Some symbolize colossal human tragedy: including the legendary Titanic whose maiden voyage famously went from pleasure cruise to epic catastrophe. From the Kyrenia ship of 300 BC to the Mary Rose, through to the Kursk submarine tragedy of 2000, this is a thrilling work of narrative history from one of our most talented young historians.

Author : Jim Kennard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780940741027
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shipwrecks of Lake Ontario written by Jim Kennard and published by . This book was released on 2019-05 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the stories of a number of sunken vessels on the United States territory in Lake Ontario, among them the steamer Ellsworth, the St. Peter, the Homer Warren, the schooner Etta Belle, the Coast Guard cable boat CG-56022, the schooner William Elgin, the Orcadian, the steamer Samuel F. Hodge, the W.Y. Emery, the British warship Ontario, the schooner C. Reeve, the Queen of the Lakes, the schooner Atlas, the Ocean Wave, the steamer Roberval, the U.S. Air Force C-45, the schooner Three Brothers, the steamship Nisbet Grammer, the steamship Bay State, the schooner Royal Albert, the sloop Washington, and the schooner Hartford. Appendices look at three particular locations: Ford Shoals, Mexico Bay, and the lake near Oswego.

Author : Henry Bennet Brewster
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wreckers written by Henry Bennet Brewster and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kendall McDonald
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780946020126
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great British Wrecks written by Kendall McDonald and published by . This book was released on 1998-12-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bob Baird
Publisher : Whittles Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781904445746
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shipwrecks of the Forth and Tay written by Bob Baird and published by Whittles Pub. This book was released on 2009 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A meticulously-researched reference guide to 300 shipping losses