Australian and New Zealand Shipwrecks and Sea Tragedies

This book examines the significant wrecks and events from the earliest Dutch losses on the Western Australian coast to such recent tragedies as the foundering of the Wahine, the Tasman Bridge disaster and the havoc wrought by Cyclone Tracy. Treasure carrying East-Indiamen, flying clippers, and warships out of control are all here and more besides. Illustrated throughout...