Introduction | p. 1 |
Natural | p. 5 |
Acts, 27 St Paul's Shipwreck (1st century AD) | p. 7 |
Shipwrecks of the Spanish Armada (1588) | p. 11 |
Armada map | p. 20 |
Portuguese Maritime Disasters 1550-1650 | p. 22 |
Map of Portuguese Maritime Disasters 1550-1650 | p. 23 |
Wrecked off New England (1635) | p. 37 |
The Wreck of HMS Proserpine (1799) | p. 44 |
HMS Banterer (1808) | p. 55 |
The Loss of HMS St George and HMS Defence (1811) | p. 61 |
The Wreck of HMS Penelope (1815) | p. 68 |
The Wreck of HMS Medusa (1816) | p. 73 |
The Wreck of HMS Alceste (1817) | p. 77 |
Stove in by a whale (1820) | p. 93 |
The Royal Charter Storm (1859) | p. 147 |
Royal Charter map | p. 148 |
The Wreck of the Serica (1868) | p. 160 |
The Sinking of the Titanic (1912) | p. 183 |
Cross-section of SS Titanic | p. 186 |
The Last of the Windjammers (1920) | p. 215 |
Schooner Rosamund (illustration) | p. 216 |
Storm at Sea (1941) | p. 246 |
Plymouth to Sydney in One Stage (1966) | p. 250 |
Gipsy Moth IV (illustration) | p. 251 |
Nightmare in the Southern Ocean (1967) | p. 269 |
Adrift for 117 Days (1973) | p. 291 |
(Map of) Outward track of Maurice & Maralyn Bailey's yacht Auralyn | p. 292 |
Adrift for 117 days map | p. 293 |
Capsized off Kodiak (1989) | p. 342 |
Capsized off Kodiak map | p. 343 |
Hurricane Roxanne (1995) | p. 356 |
Hurricane Roxanne map | p. 357 |
Vessels hit by Hurricane Roxanne | p. 358 |
The Dismasting of Kingfisher 2 (2003) | p. 384 |
Kingfisher 2 map | p. 385 |
Manmade | p. 389 |
Victims of War | |
Wreck of HMS Amazon and Les Droits de l'Homme (1797) | p. 391 |
Victims of War map | p. 392 |
The Sinking of HMS Audacious (1914) | p. 400 |
The Sinking of HMS Hampshire (1916) | p. 402 |
The Sinking of the Hospital Ship, Britannic (1916) | p. 405 |
The Sinking of the SS Athenia (1939) | p. 414 |
Fire | |
The Burning of the Elizabeth (c.1762) | p. 426 |
HMS Boyne (1795) | p. 427 |
The Blowing Up of HMS Amphion (1796) | p. 428 |
HMS Resistance is Struck by Lightning (1798) | p. 431 |
Error | |
The Sinking of HMS Victoria (1893) | p. 433 |
The Torrey Canyon (1967) | p. 435 |
Torrey Canyon map | p. 436 |
Exxon Valdez (1989) | p. 454 |
Exxon Valdez map | p. 455 |
The Kursk Disaster (2000) | p. 467 |
SSGN Kursk diagram | p. 468 |
Kursk map | p. 469 |
The Prestige Disaster (2002) | p. 475 |
Prestige and Erika map | p. 476 |
The Tricolor (2002) | p. 478 |
Unexplained | p. 483 |
Jonah | p. 485 |
Unexplained Events map | p. 487 |
The Flying Dutchman (1821) | p. 489 |
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1872) | p. 492 |
Mary Celeste map | p. 493 |
The Bermuda Triangle (1945) | p. 495 |
Bibliography and Sources | p. 499 |
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