Final Voyage: The World's Worst Maritime Disasters

by Eyers Jonathan and Jonathan Eyers

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442221674
• ISBN13: 9781442221673
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 7.8"