Breaking Seas, Broken Ships: People, Shipwrecks and Britain, 1854–2007
Year: 2021 Language: english Author: Ian Friel Publisher: Pen and Sword History Edition: May 11, 2021 ISBN: 978-1526771506 Format: EPUB Quality: eBook Pages count: 176 Print length Description: Following Britain and the Ocean Road, Ian Friel expertly navigates the history of Britain and the sea from the Middle Ages to modern times. With Breaking Seas, Broken Ships, we follow the story of Britain’s maritime history through some of its most dramatic shipwrecks. From the country’s imperial zenith to the very different world of the early twenty-first century we encounter an extraordinary range of people, ships and events, including… - The crew and passengers of a state-of-the-art Victorian steamship who vanished in the Atlantic; - The sailors of a doomed collier brig in the dying days of sail – and the wives and children they left behind; - A lowly ex-naval stoker who went into showbiz with his version of a disaster caused by an admiral; - A First World War merchant ship captain who fought a running battle with German U-Boats; - The courage and compassion shown by British sailors who escaped their dive-bombed ships; - The people who confronted the ‘black tide’ left by the oil tanker Torrey Canyon; - How the container ship has helped to make a new world for us all – for better or worse. With people at the heart of every chapter, it explores major environmental themes alongside the traditional concerns of maritime history, such as trade, social issues and naval warfare. Their experiences tell us the story of Britain’s maritime past, one that is remarkable, moving and at times horrifying. Based on brand new scholarship, it is perfect for history enthusiasts, professional historians and archaeologists alike.
Contents
Author’s Notes Image and quotation credits A note on tonnage measurement Introduction Chapter 1 Steam has conquered storms and tides’: The Passenger Liner City of Glasgow (1854) Chapter 2 Message in a Bottle: The Collier Brig Russell of Littlehampton (1872) Chapter 3 The Mastermind and the Insubordinate Stoker: The Battleship HMS Victoria (1893) Chapter 4 Last signal giving position…’: The Merchant Ship SS Terence of Liverpool (1917) Chapter 5 End of Empire: The Heavy Cruisers HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Cornwall (1942) Chapter 6 The Spill: The Oil Tanker SS Torrey Canyon (1967) Chapter 7 Oceans of Stuff: The Container Ship MSC Napoli (2007) Endpiece Abbreviations Bibliography Notes
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Breaking Seas, Broken Ships: People, Shipwrecks and Britain, 1854–2007
Language: english
Author: Ian Friel
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Edition: May 11, 2021
ISBN: 978-1526771506
Format: EPUB
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 176 Print length
Description: Following Britain and the Ocean Road, Ian Friel expertly navigates the history of Britain and the sea from the Middle Ages to modern times. With Breaking Seas, Broken Ships, we follow the story of Britain’s maritime history through some of its most dramatic shipwrecks. From the country’s imperial zenith to the very different world of the early twenty-first century we encounter an extraordinary range of people, ships and events, including…
- The crew and passengers of a state-of-the-art Victorian steamship who vanished in the Atlantic;
- The sailors of a doomed collier brig in the dying days of sail – and the wives and children they left behind;
- A lowly ex-naval stoker who went into showbiz with his version of a disaster caused by an admiral;
- A First World War merchant ship captain who fought a running battle with German U-Boats;
- The courage and compassion shown by British sailors who escaped their dive-bombed ships;
- The people who confronted the ‘black tide’ left by the oil tanker Torrey Canyon;
- How the container ship has helped to make a new world for us all – for better or worse.
With people at the heart of every chapter, it explores major environmental themes alongside the traditional concerns of maritime history, such as trade, social issues and naval warfare. Their experiences tell us the story of Britain’s maritime past, one that is remarkable, moving and at times horrifying. Based on brand new scholarship, it is perfect for history enthusiasts, professional historians and archaeologists alike.
Contents
Author’s NotesImage and quotation credits
A note on tonnage measurement
Introduction
Chapter 1 Steam has conquered storms and tides’: The Passenger Liner City of Glasgow (1854)
Chapter 2 Message in a Bottle: The Collier Brig Russell of Littlehampton (1872)
Chapter 3 The Mastermind and the Insubordinate Stoker: The Battleship HMS Victoria (1893)
Chapter 4 Last signal giving position…’: The Merchant Ship SS Terence of Liverpool (1917)
Chapter 5 End of Empire: The Heavy Cruisers HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Cornwall (1942)
Chapter 6 The Spill: The Oil Tanker SS Torrey Canyon (1967)
Chapter 7 Oceans of Stuff: The Container Ship MSC Napoli (2007)
Endpiece
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Notes
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