Ocean of Storms, Sea of Disaster: North Atlantic Shipwrecks of the Strange and Curious

Here are more than 70 stories of piracy, fire, explosions, disappearances, rum running, shipboard mutiny, and murder from the 1850s to the 1950s. There are also stories of collisions with whales, icebergs, and other ships as well as wrecks on rocks, islands, and sand bars. Vessels, large and small, were struck by lightning, shelled or torpedoed by enemy vessels, crushed by Arctic ice, and even swallowed up whole by unexpected intense gales and hurricanes. The setting, mainly the northwest Atlantic Ocean, was the main route for passenger steamers and trading schooners plying their way to and from Europe and also was the site of fishing grounds. The drama, the battle with the elements, the struggle to exist and to survive were played out on the expanse of water often said to be the ?stormiest ocean on earth.'Parsons, Robert C. is the author of 'Ocean of Storms, Sea of Disaster: North Atlantic Shipwrecks of the Strange and Curious' with ISBN 9781895900743 and ISBN 1895900743.