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The story of Doomed ships : shipwrecks, ghost ships and abandoned vessels / Penny Clarke.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Adventures in the real worldPublication details: Mascot, N.S.W : Koala Books, 2008.Description: 64 pages; color illustrations; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780864617439
  • 0864617437
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 363.12309 22
Contents:
Why wrecks? -- Ancient wrecks -- Roman wrecks -- Viking voyages -- Burials and burnings -- Further and further -- Perils of exploration -- The Mary Rose -- Lost and found -- Look out: Armada! -- English tactics -- Utter disaster! -- Pirate wrecks -- Danger: pirates! -- royal wreck -- Wrecks and riches -- East Indiamen ahoy! -- Wrecks of revolution -- Myth or reality? -- Ghost ships -- Whaling ship Essex -- Full steam ahead! -- Danger: iceberg! -- "Great loss of life" -- Racing to the Poles -- Sea wolves threaten -- Attack from the air -- Modern disasters -- Finding wrecks -- Glossary.
Summary: A catalogue of maritime disasters, which includes Sark fire of 2007. It covers the Titanic, the Mary Rose, the Mary Celeste and the legendary Flying Dutchman.
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Junior Non-Fiction Junior Non-Fiction Waimate Junior Non-Fiction Children &Young Adults Section 910.452 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A00506912

Why wrecks? -- Ancient wrecks -- Roman wrecks -- Viking voyages -- Burials and burnings -- Further and further -- Perils of exploration -- The Mary Rose -- Lost and found -- Look out: Armada! -- English tactics -- Utter disaster! -- Pirate wrecks -- Danger: pirates! -- royal wreck -- Wrecks and riches -- East Indiamen ahoy! -- Wrecks of revolution -- Myth or reality? -- Ghost ships -- Whaling ship Essex -- Full steam ahead! -- Danger: iceberg! -- "Great loss of life" -- Racing to the Poles -- Sea wolves threaten -- Attack from the air -- Modern disasters -- Finding wrecks -- Glossary.

A catalogue of maritime disasters, which includes Sark fire of 2007. It covers the Titanic, the Mary Rose, the Mary Celeste and the legendary Flying Dutchman.

Ages 9+

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