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Author : Chris Michael
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780952431510
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (315 download)
Download or read book The Wrecks of Liverpool Bay written by Chris Michael and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bella Bathurst
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0544301617
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (443 download)
Download or read book The Wreckers written by Bella Bathurst and published by HMH. This book was released on 2013-08-23 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “entertaining” historical investigation into the scavengers who have profited off the spoils of maritime disasters (The Washington Post). Even today, Britain’s coastline remains a dangerous place. It is an island soaked by four separate seas, with shifting sand banks to the east, veiled reefs to the west, powerful currents above, and the world’s busiest shipping channel below. The country’s offshore waters are strewn with shipwrecks—and for villagers scratching out an existence along Britain’s shores, those wrecks have been more than simply an act of God; in many cases, they have been the difference between living well and just getting by. Though Daphne du Maurier and Poldark have made Cornwall famous as Britain’s most notorious region for wrecking, many other coastal communities regarded the “sea’s bounty” as a way of providing themselves with everything from grapefruits to grand pianos. Some plunderers were held to be so skilled that they could strip a ship from stem to stern before the Coast Guard had even left port. Some were rumored to lure ships onto the rocks with false lights, and some simply waited for winter gales to do their work. This book uncovers tales of ships and shipwreck victims—from shoreline orgies so Dionysian that few participants survived the morning to humble homes fitted with silver candelabra, from coastlines rigged like stage sets to villages where everyone owns identical tennis shoes. Spanning three hundred years of history, The Wreckers examines the myths, realities, and superstitions of shipwrecks and uncovers the darker side of life on Britain’s shores. “Bathurst, who won a Somerset Maugham Award for The Lighthouse Stevensons, offers a spellbinding tale of seafaring men, their ships and the ocean that cares for neither.” —Publishers Weekly “A fascinating, haunting account of pillagers, plunderers, and pirates.” —John Burnett, author of Dangerous Waters: Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas
Author : William STIRLING (Major.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Narrative of the Wreck of the Ship Tiger, of Liverpool ... on the desert island of Astora, etc written by William STIRLING (Major.) and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur S. Mattson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615294391
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (943 download)
Download or read book Water and Ice written by Arthur S. Mattson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alexander McKee
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Golden Wreck written by Alexander McKee and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True story of the great maritime disaster, the wreck of the "Royal Charter" in 1859.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Memorial of sundry proprietors and managers of American steam vessels written by and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nick Wotherspoon
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783460741
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)
Download or read book North-West Aircraft Wrecks written by Nick Wotherspoon and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2007-01-31 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a different approach to Aviation Archaeology. The book includes 18 crash sites and each chapter includes a description of how the incident occurred and the reasons behind the crash. Copious notes then reveal what the authors have discovered about the artifacts and the history surrounding the cause of the event. Contact with surviving relatives or fellow comrades has in many instances revealed new information and gives a more detailed insight into the geographical location itself. Each chapter will be illustrated to show the site, wreckage and objects found, the crew involved and aircraft type. In addition there will be location information. The appendices will give outline only information on some 400 other incidents, date, location, aircraft type, crew, fate etc.
Author : George Evans (Admiral.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Report on the Navigation of the Mersey. 1852 written by George Evans (Admiral.) and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1300 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Notices to Mariners written by and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 1300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Evans (Admiral.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Report on the Navigation of the Mersey. 1851 written by George Evans (Admiral.) and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chris Michael
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781901231472
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (314 download)
Download or read book Lelia written by Chris Michael and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the 'Lelia', her passengers and voyages during the period of the American Civil War.
Author : Richard Larn
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ISBN 13 : 9780900528880
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (288 download)
Download or read book Shipwreck Index of the British Isles: Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset written by Richard Larn and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ivor Wynne Jones
Publisher : David & Charles Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780715357873
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (578 download)
Download or read book Shipwrecks of North Wales written by Ivor Wynne Jones and published by David & Charles Publishers. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alan G. Jamieson
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1789146208
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)
Download or read book Out of the Depths written by Alan G. Jamieson and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2022-10-24 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly illustrated voyage through shipwrecks ancient and contemporary. Out of the Depths explores all aspects of shipwrecks across four thousand years, examining their historical context and significance, showing how shipwrecks can be time capsules, and shedding new light on long-departed societies and civilizations. Alan G. Jamieson not only informs readers of the technological developments over the last sixty years that have made the true appreciation of shipwrecks possible, but he also covers shipwrecks in culture and maritime archaeology, their appeal to treasure hunters, and their environmental impacts. Although shipwrecks have become less common in recent decades, their implications have become more wide-ranging: since the 1960s, foundering supertankers have caused massive environmental disasters, and in 2021, the blocking of the Suez Canal by the giant container ship Ever Given had a serious effect on global trade.
Author : United States. Light-House Board
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 840 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)
Download or read book Report of the Officers Constituting the Light-house Board written by United States. Light-House Board and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Hydrographic Office
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
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Download or read book Sailing Directions for the West Coasts of England and Wales written by United States. Hydrographic Office and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Bingeman
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1789256402
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)
Download or read book The Wrecks of HM Frigates Assurance (1753) and Pomone (1811) written by John Bingeman and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the thought of treasure, Isle of Wight islander, Derek Williams researched ancient local wreck records. Top of his extensive wreck list was the 40-gun frigate Assurance lost in 1753 while returning from Jamaica with Governor Trelawny on board, whose story possibly inspired Robert Louis Stevenson to write Treasure Island. Derek’s first dive at the western point of the Isle of Wight called “The Needles” put him on top of cannons, various wreckage and Spanish-American “Pieces of Eight”, all scattered at the foot of the rock face. He reported this astonishing discovery to the authorities which resulted in the site being designated the 6th British historic protected wreck site. When the authorities decided that further professional help was needed, author and diver John Bingeman supplied his Portsmouth Royal Naval diving team, and together with David Tomalin, County Archaeologist, developed the full potential of this important site. Over the next nine years John Bingeman’s team conducted annual visits to excavate the site; they successfully recovered 3,471 artifacts including cannon weighing 1½ tons. Some of these cannon post-dated the Assurance, leading to the identification of a second 38-gun frigate, the Pomone, lost in 1811. Her Captain, Robert Barrie’s extensive correspondence was discovered by Paul Simpson to have been archived by Duke University, North Carolina. It features Pomone’s continuous actions during the French Napoleonic wars, followed by his appointment to the 74-gun Dragon when he saw action in Chesapeake Bay during the 1812-15 war with the USA. Returning to North America as Senior Naval Officer Canada, Commodore Barrie made quite a name for himself improving the political relationship between the USA and Canada; he is remembered by the Canadian City named Barrie. Previously unresearched archaeological finds are featured, including the development of rigging blocks, gunlocks, military buttons and ship’s chain pumps, all superbly illustrated, as well as the results of research into numerous other artifacts of the period. Appendices contain the transcripts of the two ship’s court martials and make fascinating reading. Captains seem to be blameless while their navigating officers are held responsible even going to prison. Perhaps not surprising when tried by fellow Captains!
