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Titanic: The Legend Of The Unsinkable Ship

Hailed as the safest ship ever built and the ultimate in luxury, within five days of beginning her maiden voyage the Titanic had sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of over 1,500 lives. One hundred years since the disaster, the fate of the tragic ship still horrifies and enthralls.

Titanic: The Legend of the Unsinkable Ship provides a unique and compelling insight into the life of the magnificent vessel by charting the greatest of all maritime disasters from the initial concept and the excitement of her first voyage to the dramatic collision and sinking, culminating with recent investigations and salvage missions. Complete with over 100 photographs, which take you from the glamorous ballrooms and restaurants down to the submerged grandeur of the wreck, this book also contains 12 facsimiles of rare Titanic documents, including:

• An original blueprint from the construction of the Titanic

• Baggage claim ticket

• A memo issued by the US Navy giving reports of heavy ice on the night of the tragedy

• Telegrams sent to and from the Titanic as she sank

• A postcard sent from Queenstown by a passenger who died when the ship sank

• The statement of Second Officer Herbert Stone who watched from the California as the Titanic sank

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 64
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780233003382
  • Genres
  • history
  • Release date
  • 2012