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Doomed Ships: Great Ocean Liner Disasters

 

Front Cover, Doomed Ships: Great Ocean Liner Disasters by William H. Miller, Jr., 2006.

Front Cover, Doomed Ships: Great Ocean Liner Disasters by William H. Miller, Jr., 2006. Book Design by Carol Belanger Grafton. GGA Image ID # 2049393774

 

From the Author

The Lusitania, the Morro Castle, the Normandie, and the Andrea Doria are among the most famous doomed ships. Their stories have been frequently recounted in books, lectures, television documentaries, and specialized videos.

As I pen this work, there are at least two major books in the works, one on the celebrated, innovative Normandie, and another on Italy's postwar flagship, the Andrea Doria. It seems there is always more to be written, more to be learned, more perhaps to question and ponder over in the matter of maritime misfortunes.

Other disasters of note are included here as well, which doomed such ships as the Europa, L'Atlantique, President Hoover, Berengaria, Empress of Britain, Viceroy of India, Rex, Wilhelm Gustloff, Yarmouth Castle, Leonardo da Vinci, Achille Lauro, and the Oriana.

 

Brief Review by the GG Archives

William H. Miller, Jr. leads the reader through quite a number of ships that met their demise from some calamity that doomed each ship. The author presents each ship in a very readable, factual story-telling style, augmented with an assortment of photographs of each ship.

Some ships receive extensive treatment with expanded storylines and additional photographs. Other lesser-known ships might only receive a third page. This is a terrific reference for collectors, family historians, and others who yearn to know what happened to a particular ship.

 

Back Cover, Doomed Ships: Great Ocean Liner Disasters by William H. Miller, Jr., 2006.

Back Cover, Doomed Ships: Great Ocean Liner Disasters by William H. Miller, Jr., 2006. GGA Image ID # 20496c6356

 

From the Back Cover

These true-life adventures unfold amid flames, collisions, and explosions, with frantic calls of SOS and a rush to clamber aboard the lifeboats.

Naval historian William H. Miller, Jr. recounts the dramatic stories behind various ill-fated passenger ships. He takes readers beyond the newspaper headlines and formal inquiries, offering firsthand accounts of heroic rescues, daring escapes, and tragic losses.

Starting with the torpedoing of the Lusitania in 1915 and concluding in 2005 with the capsize of the Oriana during a Chinese typhoon, these are the world's most ill-starred passenger vessels: the Mono Castle, Normandie, Andrea Doria, Europa, and many other ships whose maritime lives ended in catastrophe (the Titanic has been omitted since that disaster has been well documented elsewhere).

Nearly 200 photographs, many from private collections, highlight a compelling blend of personal anecdotes and historical records.

 

List of Ships Referenced in This Book

 

▓▓▓ "A" ▓▓▓

  1. Achille Lauro
  2. Admiral Hipper
  3. Admiral Nakhimov
  4. Adonis
  5. Adriatic
  6. Alcantara
  7. Alcoa Cavalier
  8. Alcoa Clipper
  9. Alcoa Corsair
  10. Alferdoss
  11. Algonquin
  12. America
  13. American Shipper
  14. American Star
  15. Ancona
  16. Andes
  17. Andrea Doria
  18. Angelina Lauro
  19. Antilles
  20. Aquitania
  21. Arandora Star
  22. Argentina Star
  23. Arkadia
  24. Arosa Sky
  25. Arosa Star
  26. Asama Maru
  27. Atalante
  28. Athenia
  29. Atlantis
  30. Atlas
  31. Aurelia
  32. Ausonia
  33. Australis

 

▓▓▓ "B" ▓▓▓

  1. Bahama Star
  2. Baltic
  3. Baltica
  4. Beaverbrae
  5. Belophin I
  6. Berengaria
  7. Bergensfjord
  8. Berlin
  9. Bermuda
  10. Bianca C
  11. Bismarck
  12. Bloemfontein Castle
  13. Bonaire Star
  14. Borinquen
  15. Brasil Star
  16. Bremen
  17. La Bretagne
  18. Brindisi Express
  19. Britanis
  20. Britannic
  21. Brittany

 

▓▓▓ "C" ▓▓▓

  1. Caledonia
  2. Cambodge
  3. Cap Arcona
  4. Cap Polonio
  5. Caribbean Prince
  6. Caribia (ex-Caronia)
  7. Caribia (ex-Vulcania)
  8. Caribia 2
  9. Carla C
  10. Carnival Destiny
  11. Caronia
  12. Catlin
  13. Cedric
  14. Celtic
  15. Champlain
  16. Champollion
  17. City of Honolulu (ex-Friedrich der Grosse)
  18. City of Honolulu (cx-Kiautschou)
  19. City of Sydney
  20. City of York
  21. Columbus
  22. Columbus C
  23. Constitution
  24. Conte di Savoia
  25. Conte Verde
  26. Copa Casino
  27. Cristobal Colon
  28. Cristoforo Columbo
  29. Cunard Adventurer
  30. Cunard Ambassador

 

▓▓▓ "D" ▓▓▓

  1. Danae
  2. Dara
  3. De Grasse
  4. Dinteldyk
  5. Doric
  6. Dresden
  7. Duchess of Richmond

 

▓▓▓ "E" ▓▓▓

  1. Eastern Princess
  2. Ellinis
  3. Empire Windrush
  4. Empress Abeto
  5. Empress of Australia
  6. Empress of Britain
  7. Empress of Canada
  8. Empress of Japan
  9. Empress of Scotland
  10. Eugenio C
  11. Europa
  12. Evangeline
  13. Exochorda

 

▓▓▓ "F" ▓▓▓

  1. Fairsca
  2. Federico C
  3. Fiesta
  4. Flandre
  5. Flavia
  6. Flavian
  7. Fontaincbleu
  8. Formigny
  9. Fort Townshend
  10. Fort Victoria
  11. Franca C
  12. France
  13. Franconia
  14. Friedrich der Grosse
  15. Fulvia

 

▓▓▓ "G" ▓▓▓

  1. Galileo
  2. Galileo Galilei
  3. General von Steuben
  4. George Washington
  5. Georges Philippar
  6. Georgic
  7. Golden Moon
  8. Gothic
  9. Gottingen
  10. Green Goddess
  11. Gripsholm
  12. Guglielmo Marconi

 

▓▓▓ "H" ▓▓▓

  1. Hamburg
  2. Hanseatic
  3. Heraklion
  4. Highland Chieftain
  5. Highland Hope
  6. Hildebrand
  7. HMS Charger
  8. Homeric
  9. Homericus
  10. Huascaran

 

▓▓▓ "I" ▓▓▓

  1. Ile de France
  2. Imperator
  3. Independence
  4. Italia
  5. Italis

 

▓▓▓ "J" ▓▓▓

  1. Jean Laborde
  2. Jerusalem
  3. Johan de Witt
  4. Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
  5. Johann Heinrich Burchard
  6. John Ericsson
  7. Jupiter

 

▓▓▓ "K" ▓▓▓

  1. Kiantschou
  2. Klipfontein
  3. Kristianafjord
  4. Kungsholm

 

▓▓▓ "L" ▓▓▓

  1. L'Atlantique
  2. La Janelle
  3. La Liberté
  4. La Marseillaise
  5. Lafayette
  6. Lakonia
  7. Lancastria
  8. Laos
  9. Lavia
  10. Lavoisier
  11. Leicestershire
  12. Leonardo da Vinci
  13. Liberté
  14. Limburgia
  15. Linda Clausen
  16. Lorenzo Marcello
  17. Louise Lykes
  18. Lusitania

 

▓▓▓ "M" ▓▓▓

  1. Magdalena
  2. Majestic
  3. Malaysia Barn
  4. Malaysia Kita
  5. Malaysia Raya
  6. Manhattan
  7. Marechal Petain
  8. Mariposa
  9. Mauretania
  10. Media
  11. Mediterranean Sky
  12. Meridian
  13. Meteor
  14. Miami
  15. Michelangelo
  16. Mikhail Lermontov
  17. Moledet
  18. Monarch of Bermuda
  19. Monte Cervantes
  20. Monte Rosa
  21. Morro Castle
  22. München
  23. Mykinai

 

▓▓▓ "N" ▓▓▓

  1. Navarino
  2. Neptune
  3. Neptunia
  4. New Australia
  5. New Bahama Star
  6. Nieuw Amsterdam
  7. Noga
  8. Noordam
  9. Normandie

 

▓▓▓ "O" ▓▓▓

  1. Ocean Monarch
  2. Ocean Princess
  3. Oceanic
  4. Oceanic Constitution
  5. Oceanos
  6. Olympic
  7. Oranje
  8. Oriana
  9. Oriental Warrior
  10. Oriente
  11. Orion
  12. Ormuz
  13. Oslofjord

 

▓▓▓ "P" ▓▓▓

  1. Pacifique
  2. Pallas Athena
  3. Panama
  4. Paraguay Star
  5. Paris
  6. Pasteur
  7. Patris
  8. Paul Lecat
  9. Pegasus
  10. Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
  11. Port Melbourne
  12. President Coolidge
  13. President Hoover
  14. Pride of Galveston
  15. Pride of Mississippi
  16. Princess Danae
  17. Princess Matoika
  18. Principesa Mafalda
  19. Prins van Oranje
  20. Prinsendam
  21. Prinzess Alice
  22. Procyon
  23. Puerto Rico
  24. Pyotr Velev

 

▓▓▓ "Q" ▓▓▓

  1. Queen Elizabeth
  2. Queen Elizabeth 2
  3. Queen Frederica
  4. Queen Mary
  5. Queen of Bermuda

 

▓▓▓ "R" ▓▓▓

  1. Raffaello
  2. Rasa Sayang
  3. Raskin
  4. Regent Rainbow
  5. Regent Sea
  6. Regent Sun
  7. Reina del Mar
  8. Reliance
  9. Rex
  10. Rio de la Plata
  11. Rio Jachal
  12. Rio Tunuyan
  13. Riviera
  14. Riviera Prima
  15. Romántica
  16. Royal Odyssey
  17. Ryndam

 

▓▓▓ "S" ▓▓▓

  1. Saintes
  2. Samantha
  3. Sapphire
  4. Saturnia
  5. Sea
  6. Sea Breeze
  7. Sea Prince
  8. Seawise University
  9. Seven Seas Mariner
  10. Shalom
  11. Skaubryn
  12. Splash
  13. St. Louis
  14. Statendam
  15. Starship Royale
  16. Steuben
  17. Stockholm
  18. Stolt Dagali
  19. Sun Vista
  20. Sundancer
  21. Svea Corona
  22. Switzerland

 

▓▓▓ "T" ▓▓▓

  1. Tarsus
  2. Theodor Herzl
  3. Therisos Express
  4. Titanic
  5. Tyrrhenia

 

▓▓▓ "U" ▓▓▓

  1. Uganda
  2. United States
  3. Uruguay Star
  4. USS Europa
  5. USS Harry Lee
  6. USS Huron
  7. USS John Ericsson
  8. USS Wakefield
  9. USS West Point

 

▓▓▓ "V" ▓▓▓

  1. Vandyck
  2. Varna
  3. Vasari
  4. Vaterland
  5. Vauban
  6. Venezuela
  7. Venus
  8. Vera Cruz
  9. Vestris
  10. Viceroy of India
  11. Viet-Nam
  12. Viking Princess
  13. Vulcania

 

▓▓▓ "W" ▓▓▓

  1. Wakefield
  2. Washington
  3. Waterman
  4. Wilhelm Gustloff
  5. Willem Ruys
  6. Willochra

 

▓▓▓ "Y" ▓▓▓

  1. Yarmouth
  2. Yarmouth Castle

 

▓▓▓ "Z" ▓▓▓

  1. Zaandam
  2. Zeppelin
  3. Zeus

 

Library of Congress Catalog Listing

  • Personal name: Miller, William H., 1948-
  • Main title: Doomed ships: great ocean liner disasters / William H. Miller, Jr.
  • Published/Created: Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications, c2006.
  • Description: ix, 118 p.: ill.; 30 cm.
  • ISBN: 0486453669 (pbk.) 9780486453668 (pbk.)
  • LC classification: G525 .M515 2006
  • LC Subjects: Shipwrecks. Ocean liners. Ocean travel.
  • Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 116) and index.
  • LCCN: 2006048460
  • Dewey class no.: 363.12/31
  • Other system no.: (OCoLC)ocm70114671 (OCoLC)70114671
  • Type of material: Book

 

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