The 50 Greatest Shipwrecks
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The 50 Greatest Shipwrecks

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eBook - ePub

The 50 Greatest Shipwrecks

About this book

When you think of a shipwreck, what image springs to mind? A tall sailing ship on the rocks, or perhaps the sinking Titanic surrounded by lifeboats? Historian Richard M. Jones has put together 50 stories of lost ships throughout history that are among the most important, infamous and in some cases tragic ships in the whole of history. When did two liners collide and lead to one of the greatest rescues in history? How did a Scotsman become an American hero against his own country? Which warship sank with gold bullion on board during the Second World War? This book tells the story of these fascinating cases plus many more, explores the largest shipwrecks, the treasure wrecks and the ones that are talked about still as the most famous. Starting at the tiny island of Alderney in 1592, we take a journey through history, through the First and Second World Wars, into the age of the passenger ferry and finally to the modern day migrant issues in the Mediterranean Sea. Never before have these fifty wrecks come together in a book that really brings home to the reader just how many lost vessels there are, how deadly many can be and what this teaches us today about our own history.

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Information

Publisher
Pen and Sword History
Year
2021
Topic
Technology & Engineering
eBook ISBN
9781399008013
Subtopic
Marine Transportation
Index
Technology & Engineering

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1 Mary Rose, 1545
  7. Chapter 2 Unknown Wreck at Alderney, 1592
  8. Chapter 3 Vasa, 1628
  9. Chapter 4 Bonhomme Richard, 1779
  10. Chapter 5 Waratah, 1909
  11. Chapter 6 Titanic, 1912
  12. Chapter 7 Empress of Ireland, 1914
  13. Chapter 8 Lusitania, 1915
  14. Chapter 9 Endurance, 1915
  15. Chapter 10 Britannic, 1916
  16. Chapter 11 Mendi, 1917
  17. Chapter 12 Carpathia, 1918
  18. Chapter 13 Egypt, 1922
  19. Chapter 14 Morro Castle, 1934
  20. Chapter 15 Athenia, 1939
  21. Chapter 16 Admiral Graf Spee, 1939
  22. Chapter 17 Bismarck, 1941
  23. Chapter 18 HMS Ark Royal, 1941
  24. Chapter 19 USS Arizona, 1941
  25. Chapter 20 Normandie, 1942
  26. Chapter 21 USS Yorktown, 1942
  27. Chapter 22 HMS Edinburgh, 1942
  28. Chapter 23 Musashi, 1944
  29. Chapter 24 Tirpitz, 1944
  30. Chapter 25 Wilhelm Gustloff, 1945
  31. Chapter 26 Yamato, 1945
  32. Chapter 27 U-534, 1945
  33. Chapter 28 Flying Enterprise, 1952
  34. Chapter 29 Princess Victoria, 1953
  35. Chapter 30 Andrea Doria, 1956
  36. Chapter 31 Pamir, 1957
  37. Chapter 32 Torrey Canyon, 1967
  38. Chapter 33 Seawise University, 1972
  39. Chapter 34 Edmund Fitzgerald, 1975
  40. Chapter 35 Derbyshire, 1980
  41. Chapter 36 General Belgrano, 1982
  42. Chapter 37 Herald of Free Enterprise, 1987
  43. Chapter 38 Doña Paz, 1987
  44. Chapter 39 Marchioness, 1989
  45. Chapter 40 Oceanos, 1991
  46. Chapter 41 Braer, 1993
  47. Chapter 42 Estonia, 1994
  48. Chapter 43 Achille Lauro, 1994
  49. Chapter 44 Maria Asumpta, 1995
  50. Chapter 45 Kursk, 2000
  51. Chapter 46 Le Joola, 2002
  52. Chapter 47 HMS Scylla, 2004
  53. Chapter 48 Al Dana, 2006
  54. Chapter 49 Costa Concordia, 2012
  55. Chapter 50 Unknown Migrant Vessel, 2015
  56. Epilogue
  57. Plates

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