Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 192
Trim: 5¼ x 7¾
978-1-4422-2167-3 • Paperback • June 2013 • $19.95 • (£14.95)
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, both published by Adlard Coles Nautical.
Introduction
In the Hands of God
Catastrophe at sea during the Age of Sail
America's Titanic
Triumph and tragedy aboard the Sultana
The Halifax Explosion
The loss of a ship, the devastation of a city
War at Sea
From the Spanish Armada to the Bismarck
Britain's Darkest Hour
The loss of the Lancastria and why Churchill covered it up
The Age of Total Loss
Tragedy without triumph during the Second World War
Ten Thousand Dead
The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff
Worse than Titanic
Maritime disasters since the Second World War