Titanic Destination Disaster

Author : John P. Eaton
Publisher : Haynes Publishing UK
ISBN 13 : 9780857330253
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Titanic: Destination Disaster written by John P. Eaton and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No other ship or maritime tragedy holds more fascination than the Titanic - and a century after she sank beneath the chill, starlit North Atlantic waters on her maiden voyage, carrying a wide mix of passengers, from the social, artistic and financial elite of two continents to the humblest emigrants on their way to America, the story continues to enthral people of all ages and cultures.Two of the world's foremost authorities present this popular account of the sea’s best-known disaster, expertly summarisizing the ship's brief but glamorous life, from building and launching in Belfast, to the discovery of her remains more than two miles down on the ocean bed, and the subsequent artefact recovery dives and courtroom efforts to protect the wreck. Their own photographic dives to the wreck site feature in this updated third edition of their best-selling paperback, together with a wealth of fascinating new information about the ship and her people, past and present.

Author : John P. Eaton
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393315134
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Titanic, Destination Disaster written by John P. Eaton and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clears up misconceptions about the sinking of the Titanic, describes the ship's construction, and recounts the discovery of the ship's wreckage.

Author : Philip Wilkinson
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN 13 : 1429675276
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Titanic written by Philip Wilkinson and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2012 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the history, inner workings, passengers, sinking, and impact of the legendary liner.

Author : Michael D. Cole
Publisher : Enslow Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780766015579
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Titanic written by Michael D. Cole and published by Enslow Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the historic shipwreck of the Titanic, including an account of events which some claim led to this tragedy, as told by actual survivors.

Author : Rebecca Aldridge
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438103247
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sinking of the Titanic written by Rebecca Aldridge and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ship was supposed to be unsinkable. But on April 14, 1912, the unthinkable happened: the world's largest and most luxurious ocean liner the Titanic struck an iceberg in the frigid waters in the dark of night. What happened next seemed unbelievable to people at the time. In approximately two and a half hours, the celebrated ship flooded with water, cracked in half, and sank miles to the ocean floor below. Of the 2,200 passengers and crew onboard, only 705 survived. The rest suffered a terrifying and cold death in the Atlantic. Observers around the world were horrified and saddened by the tragedy, and many wanted answers. What caused this incredible disaster to happen, and why did so many people have to die? In The Sinking of the Titanic, read about the steamship from stem to stern, from the building and construction, the crew and passengers, and the ship's fate with an iceberg, to the effect this tragedy had, and continues to have, on the shipping industry and the world.

Author : Roger Cartwright
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752467719
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Titanic: The Myths and Legacy of a Disaster written by Roger Cartwright and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 15 April 2012, 100 years will have passed since the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic hit an iceberg and foundered in the North Atlantic with the loss of 1,503 lives. Had the disaster not occurred, what is now the best-known ship in the world would have lost the title of the largest liner within just two years. She was certainly not the fastest passenger ship of the time and can be considered a technological throwback, yet Titanic captures the imagination like no other. This book seeks to explore the myths and the truth about Titanic and explores the legacy that has made the ship so well known. Why was she built? Who really owned her? Why was nobody ever proved negligent? How has today's transportation been made safer by Titanic? Have we really learned the right lessons? Perhaps not! Since 1912 there have been worse disasters yet none has replaced Titanic in the popular consciousness. Her legacy exists in procedures, building regulation, navigational practice, statues, poems, novels, movies and even a musical. This book explores why.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "Titanic" Disaster written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Various
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters written by Various and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-15 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters" by Various. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Jay Henry Mowbray
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3849621677
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sinking Of The Titanic (Annotated Edition) written by Jay Henry Mowbray and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2012 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the extended annotated edition of this book, including a detailed introduction regarding the history of steamships and steamship lines until the greatest maritime disaster occured. The human imagination is unequal to the reconstruction of the appalling scene of the disaster in the North Atlantic. No picture of the pen or of the painter's brush can adequately represent the magnitude of the calamity that has made the whole world kin. How trivial in such an hour seem the ordinary affairs of civilized mankind--the minor ramifications of politics, the frenetic rivalry of candidates, the haggle of stock speculators. We are suddenly, by an awful visitation, made to see our human transactions in their true perspective, as small as they really are. Man's pride is profoundly humbled: he must confess that the victory this time has gone to the blind, inexorable forces of nature, except in so far as the manifestation of the heroic virtues is concerned. The ship that went to her final resting place two miles below the placid, unconfessing level of the sea represented all that science and art knew how to contribute to the expedition of traffic, to the comfort and enjoyment of voyagers. She had 15 watertight steel compartments supposed to render her unsinkable. She was possessed of submarine signals with micro-phones, to tell the bridge by means of wires when shore or ship or any other object was at hand.There was a collision bulkhead to safeguard the ship against the invasion of water amidships should the bow be torn away. In a word, the boat was as safe and sound as the shipbuilder could make it. It was the pride of the owners and the commander that what has happened could not possibly occur. And yet the Titanic went down, and carried to their doom hundreds of passengers and men who intimately knew the sea and had faced every peril that the navigator meets. Table of Contents: Preface Introduction Chapter I - From A Day Of Delight To Death Chapter II - Heart-Rending Scenes On Carpathia Chapter III - Band Played To The Last Chapter IV - Neglect Caused Disaster Chapter V - Believed Ship Unsinkable Chapter VI - How Survivors Escaped Chapter VII - Woman's Thrilling Narrative Chapter VIII - Survivors' Stirring Stories Chapter IX - How Astor Went To Death Chapter X - Notable Woman Saved Chapter XI - Major Butt, Martyr To Duty Chapter XII - Mrs. Astor's Bravery Chapter XIII - Lifeboats Bunglingly Handled Chapter XIV - Not Like Bourgogne Disaster Chapter XV - Boy's Desperate Fight For Life Chapter XVI - Carpathia To The Rescue Chapter XVII - Refused To Leave Husband Chapter XVIII - Lady Duff-Gordon's Experiences Chapter XIX - Senators Hear Startling Stories Chapter XX - Surviving Operator's Experiences Chapter XXI - The Funeral Ship And Its Dead Chapter XXII - Inquiry By United States Senate Hymn For The Survivors Of The Titanic Great Marine Disasters From 1866 To 1911

Author : John Maxtone-Graham
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393082407
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Titanic Tragedy: A New Look at the Lost Liner written by John Maxtone-Graham and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses rarely touched-upon components of the Titanic disaster, including the accounts of survivors, the role played by the new wireless telecommunication system, and the effect the accident had on the shipyard in Belfast.