Famous Shipwrecks

Elkin Mathews & Marrot Ltd, 1930, no dustwrapper, spine titles faded

A survey of many famous shipwrecks of vessels both military and civilian, in wartime and peace. The ships covered include the HMS Victoria, the Duncan Dunbar, the Titanic, the Birkenhead, the Amazon, the Lusitania, the East Indiaman Kent, HMS Eurydice, the Cospatrick, HMS Captain, the Garthpool, the Mohegan and others. The history of the lifeboat service and other rescue operations are discussed, and there are over twenty photographs...