In Titanic's Shadow
The World's Worst Merchant Ship Disasters
While the near 1,500 victims of Titanic accounted for a huge loss of life, each of the ships here had a greater number of casualties, in some cases more than five times as many. In total, these 27 merchant ship sinkings resulted in a staggering loss of life at sea - more than 96,000 in total, 3,840 per ship. While the circumstances were different to Titanic, the outcome in each case was no less tragic. Yet, despite the fact that Titanic ranks behind so many other losses, so powerful has her name become that it was the inevitable choice to describe some of these other events, 'Germany's Titanic' and 'The Titanic of Japan' being two examples. S…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7524-7713-8
- EAN: 9780752477138
- Produktnummer: 14483028
- Verlag: The History Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 11'038 KB
Über den Autor
David L Williams is a professional photographer and author, previously responsible for the entire aircraft and hovercraft in-service support operation of Westland Aerospace. Always fascinated by shipping, he spent time working aboard lighthouse tenders and cable layers. He has written some 30 books on shipping and related subjects including Cabin Class Rivals, In the Shadow of Titanic: Ships Lost with Greater Fatalities and J Samuel White, Shipbuilders for The History Press.
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