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Swallowed by the Sea: The Story of Australia's Shipwrecks

Graeme Henderson

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Description:Whether through raging storms, jagged reefs, or human error, treachery or incompetence, the loss of any ship is a dramatic, far-reaching event. The ships in 'Swallowed by the Sea' were lost in a variety of ways, from the oldest known wreck in Australian waters, the 'Tyral', driven into a maze of sunken rocks by the inept and reluctant Captain Brookes, to Australia's worst civil disaster at sea, the loss of emigrant barque 'Cataraqui', which struck a reef off King Island in the middle of a stormy night and disappeared under the water along with more than 400 men, women and children.The violent wrecking of ships is only part of the story. Maritime archaeologist Graeme Henderson has personally located and dived many of the shipwrecks in this book. He describes swimming the length of the 50-metre HMS 'Pandora' wreck, diving in heavy turbulence to raise sandstone blocks and artillery pieces from the 'Batavia' and the eerie experience of looking up at the jagged undercut cliffs that bore witness to the drowning of asylum seekers on SIEV 221.From English and Dutch trading vessels in the seventeenth century to emigrant ships in the nineteenth century and the great warships of the Second World War, 'Swallowed by the Sea' explains how each ship was wrecked and discovered, and what remains of the wrecks today.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Swallowed by the Sea: The Story of Australia's Shipwrecks. To get started finding Swallowed by the Sea: The Story of Australia's Shipwrecks, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 225

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: NLA Publishing

Release: 2016

ISBN: 0642278946

Description: Whether through raging storms, jagged reefs, or human error, treachery or incompetence, the loss of any ship is a dramatic, far-reaching event. The ships in 'Swallowed by the Sea' were lost in a variety of ways, from the oldest known wreck in Australian waters, the 'Tyral', driven into a maze of sunken rocks by the inept and reluctant Captain Brookes, to Australia's worst civil disaster at sea, the loss of emigrant barque 'Cataraqui', which struck a reef off King Island in the middle of a stormy night and disappeared under the water along with more than 400 men, women and children.The violent wrecking of ships is only part of the story. Maritime archaeologist Graeme Henderson has personally located and dived many of the shipwrecks in this book. He describes swimming the length of the 50-metre HMS 'Pandora' wreck, diving in heavy turbulence to raise sandstone blocks and artillery pieces from the 'Batavia' and the eerie experience of looking up at the jagged undercut cliffs that bore witness to the drowning of asylum seekers on SIEV 221.From English and Dutch trading vessels in the seventeenth century to emigrant ships in the nineteenth century and the great warships of the Second World War, 'Swallowed by the Sea' explains how each ship was wrecked and discovered, and what remains of the wrecks today.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Swallowed by the Sea: The Story of Australia's Shipwrecks. To get started finding Swallowed by the Sea: The Story of Australia's Shipwrecks, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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