Legacy of the Cunard Line - Couverture souple

Turner, Timothy Paul Duncan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1710281154 ISBN 13 : 9781710281156

Editeur : Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

This hardback special edition considers much more than its title suggests, beginning with a major section focusing on the history of the Cunard Line and their ships starting with RMS Britannia (1840) and the leadership of Samuel Cunard.

Next, the loss of the RMS Lusitania, which shocked the world, is examined and the Inquiry which followed. Other Cunarders such as the RMS Aquitania and the RMS Mauretania are featured and then more modern liners: RMS Queen Mary (1936), RMS Queen Elizabeth (1940) and RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) (1969).

Other famous disasters at sea are reviewed: the sinking of the RMS Empress of Ireland (1906) due to a collision in May 1914 which led to an official inquiry, the fire on the SS Normandie (1932) which caused the ship to turn over in its dock in February 1942 and the sinking of the SS Andrea Doria (1951) in July 1956.

The remarkable career of the SS Great Britain (1848) is also examined followed by eleven appendices.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1710281154
• ISBN 13: 9781710281156
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 249
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg