On a dense, foggy evening in July of 1956, the Italian cruise liner Andrea Doria, bound for New York, was struck broadside by another cruiseship, killing 51 people. Although she now rests silently on the sandy bottom of the Atlantic, nearly a half-century later the Doria continues to take lives (twelve since 1981). Yet a small, fanatical group ...
Two years after Titanic came another ship disaster of equal magnitude. "The most comprehensive and impressive account of the investigation of a shipwreck I've ever read. Kevin McMurray has revealed the secrets of the Empress of Ireland in a spellbinding read." - Clive Cussler, bestselling author of "Night Probe!" On May 29, 1914, after a collision ...
'"Dark Descent" makes the reader a vicarious participant in what is a very extreme sport' - "Philadelphia Inquirer". On May 29, 1914, the passenger liner Empress of Ireland was struck by the freighter Storstad and sank in fifteen minutes, taking more than 1,000 victims with her. It remains one of the largest losses of life ever in a maritime ...
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