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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 - the deadliest disaster in living memoryWith disasters from all over the world, these are stories of the people - whether they lived or died - as well as the ships. They are stories of tragedy, war, heroism and cowardice, greed and sacrifice. Only for the lucky few were they also stories of rescue and survival.File; scan PDF with OCR.

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Author

Eyers, Jonathan

Publisher

Adlard Coles Nautical, Bloomsbury Publishing

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781408158920

Category

hobbies

Subjects

History, Sports, Social Science

Rating

3.22 / 5 (23 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14