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The Sinking of RMS Tayleur. The Lost Story of the Victorian Titanic

Door Gill Hoffs

Categorie
Schepen & Scheepvaart
Boeknummer
#231223
Titel
The Sinking of RMS Tayleur. The Lost Story of the Victorian Titanic
Auteur
Hoffs, Gill
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Barnsley, Pen & Sword
Jaar van uitgave
2015
ISBN10
1473845564
ISBN13
9781473845565
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting

'The moment they fell into the water the waves caught them and dashed them violently against the rocks, and the survivors on shore could perceive the unfortunate creatures... struggling amidst the waves, and one by one sinking under them.' (Hereford Times, 28 January 1854) ?? The wrecking of the RMS Tayleur made headlines nearly 60 years before the Titanic. Both were run by the White Star Line, both were heralded as the most splendid ships of their time – and both sank in tragic circumstances on their maiden voyages. ?? On 19 January 1854 the Tayleur, a large merchant vessel, left Liverpool for Australia; packed with hopeful emigrants, her hold stuffed with cargo. On the 160th anniversary of the disaster, Gill Hoffs reveals new theories behind the disaster and tells the stories of ... (Lees verder)the passengers and crew on the ill-fated vessel: ?? Captain John Noble, record breaking hero of the Gold Rush era. ?? Ship surgeon Robert Hannay Cunningham and his young family, on their way to a new life among the prospectors of Tent City. ?? Samuel Carby, ex-convict, returning to the gold fields with his new wife – and a fortune sewn into her corsets. ?? But the ship's revolutionary iron hull prevented its compasses from working. Lost in the Irish Sea, a storm swept the Tayleur and the 650 people aboard towards a cliff, studded with rocks 'black as death'. What happened next shocked the world.?? As featured in the Daily Mail, Yorkshire Post, Manchester Evening News, Hereford Times, Liverpool Echo, The Press & Journal, Dundee Courier, Fife Herald, Discover Your History, Your Family Tree, the Warrington Guardian and on BBC Radio Manchester, BBC Radio Merseyside, RTE Radio, Radio Warrington, Kingdom FM.
Pagina's
164
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 8,00

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