Return of the Coffin Ships-The Derbyshire Enigma - Brossura

Edwards, Bernard

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ISBN 10: 1883283191 ISBN 13: 9781883283193

Casa editrice: Brick Tower Pr, 1998

Riassunto

?“...this book deserves a very wide readership among those interested in safety at sea.” —Cdr. Brian Wainwright FNI, Seaways, September 2000“Wonderful! Really terrific. A first-rate piece of research.” —Stan Bernard, NBC News“Shameful tale of bulker tragedies.” —Telegraph, July 1999In September 1980, the British ship Derbyshire sailed into the eye of Typhoon Orchid and on into oblivion, taking all on board with her. The destructive power of a typhoon is awesome, but the Derbyshire was no small and ageing tramp, running red rust with a crew of deadbeats culled from the backwaters of the world. She was just four years old, manned entirely by competent British seamen and maintained to the highest standards. She matched the best afloat in her day. How then could this great ship have disappeared so quickly and completely, with not even a faint cry for help, and leaving only a thin film of oil on the sea to mark her passing? The only good thing to come out of whatever appalling calamity over-whelmed the Derbyshire was that it turned the spotlight on a hitherto unrecognised phenomenon -- the disappearing bulk carriers. In this powerful book, Bernard Edwards, master mariner turned writer, reports on his investigations into the loss of a number of these giant bulk carriers and offers a new and controversial solution to the Derbyshire mystery, at the same time taking the lid off the on-going scandal of the disappearing bulk carriers.

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• Editore: Brick Tower Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1883283191
• ISBN 13: 9781883283193
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288