In the Shadow of the Titanic : the World's Worst Merchant Ship Disasters

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Label

In the Shadow of the Titanic : the World's Worst Merchant Ship Disasters

Title remainder

the World's Worst Merchant Ship Disasters

Statement of responsibility

David L Williams

Title variation

In Titanic's shadow

Creator

• Williams, David, (David L)

Subject

• Shipwreck survival -- North Atlantic Ocean
• Shipwreck survival -- North Atlantic Ocean
• Shipwreck victims -- North Atlantic Ocean -- Biography
• Shipwrecks -- North Atlantic Ocean
• Electronic books
• Titanic (Steamship)
• Titanic (Steamship) -- Biography
• Shipwrecks -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History

Genre

• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

While the victims of the Titanic disaster at 1,507 persons accounted for a huge loss of life, a matter wich, with other influencing factors, has resulted in an enduring fascination with that tragedy, each of the ships described here had a greater number of casualties, in some cases more than five times as many. In total, these 27 merchant ship sinkings resulted in a staggering loss of life at sea - more than 96,000 in total, a staggering 3,840 per ship. While the circumstances of their losses were different to those of the Titanic, the outcome in each was no less tragic. Thus, while it is not

Cataloging source

MERUC

Dewey number

• 910.452
• 910.9163/4
• 910.91634

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

G530.T6

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography