Final Voyage: The Worlds Worst Maritime Disasters torrent

Final Voyage: The Worlds Worst Maritime Disasters - Jonathan Eyers [epub]

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 memory

With 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.

Jonathan Eyers is the author of Don't Shoot the Albatross: Nautical Myths and Superstitions, and How to Snog a Hagfish: Disgusting Things in the Sea.

Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; 1st edition (June 16, 2013)