Author: Michael D. White
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625851219
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
More than two thousand ships have been lost along California's 840 miles of coastline--Spanish galleons, passenger liners, freighters, schooners. Some tragedies are marking points in U.S. maritime history. The "City of Rio de Janeiro," bound from Hong Kong to San Francisco in 1901, sliced the fog only to strike a rock and sink in twenty minutes, sending 128 passengers to watery graves. Seven U.S. Navy destroyers, bound on a fateful 1923 night from San Francisco to San Diego, crashed into the rocks at Honda Point on the treacherous Santa Barbara County coast, killing 23 sailors in one of the military's worst peacetime losses. Join author Michael D. White as he navigates the shoals of shipping mishaps with both salvage stories and elegies to the departed.
Shipwrecks of the California Coast
Author: Michael D. White
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625851219
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
More than two thousand ships have been lost along California's 840 miles of coastline--Spanish galleons, passenger liners, freighters, schooners. Some tragedies are marking points in U.S. maritime history. The "City of Rio de Janeiro," bound from Hong Kong to San Francisco in 1901, sliced the fog only to strike a rock and sink in twenty minutes, sending 128 passengers to watery graves. Seven U.S. Navy destroyers, bound on a fateful 1923 night from San Francisco to San Diego, crashed into the rocks at Honda Point on the treacherous Santa Barbara County coast, killing 23 sailors in one of the military's worst peacetime losses. Join author Michael D. White as he navigates the shoals of shipping mishaps with both salvage stories and elegies to the departed.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625851219
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
More than two thousand ships have been lost along California's 840 miles of coastline--Spanish galleons, passenger liners, freighters, schooners. Some tragedies are marking points in U.S. maritime history. The "City of Rio de Janeiro," bound from Hong Kong to San Francisco in 1901, sliced the fog only to strike a rock and sink in twenty minutes, sending 128 passengers to watery graves. Seven U.S. Navy destroyers, bound on a fateful 1923 night from San Francisco to San Diego, crashed into the rocks at Honda Point on the treacherous Santa Barbara County coast, killing 23 sailors in one of the military's worst peacetime losses. Join author Michael D. White as he navigates the shoals of shipping mishaps with both salvage stories and elegies to the departed.
California Shipwrecks
Author: Don B. Marshall
Publisher: Binford & Mort Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Publisher: Binford & Mort Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
California Disasters, 1812-1899
Author: William B. Secrest
Publisher: Quill Driver Books
ISBN: 9781884995491
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
First person accounts of the major catastrophies of 19th century California.
Publisher: Quill Driver Books
ISBN: 9781884995491
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
First person accounts of the major catastrophies of 19th century California.
Historic Shipwrecks of Coastside California
Author: Joann Semones
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9781467155557
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The stretch of California coast from San Francisco to Monterey has seen its share of disastrous shipwrecks with devastating losses, but there are also stories of courage, innovative rescues and unique salvage operations. Uncover the tale of the adventurous, ill-fated Sir John Franklin, now marked only by a nearly forgotten cemetery, and relive the wreck of the New York, one of the most notorious ships to ever sail. Learn about the Coastside's worst maritime tragedy, when the passenger steamship San Juan was struck by the oil tanker twice her size and sank in minutes, plunging seventy-five men, women and children into the sea. Join author JoAnn Semones as she shares the stories of doomed ships that found their end along Coastside California.
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9781467155557
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The stretch of California coast from San Francisco to Monterey has seen its share of disastrous shipwrecks with devastating losses, but there are also stories of courage, innovative rescues and unique salvage operations. Uncover the tale of the adventurous, ill-fated Sir John Franklin, now marked only by a nearly forgotten cemetery, and relive the wreck of the New York, one of the most notorious ships to ever sail. Learn about the Coastside's worst maritime tragedy, when the passenger steamship San Juan was struck by the oil tanker twice her size and sank in minutes, plunging seventy-five men, women and children into the sea. Join author JoAnn Semones as she shares the stories of doomed ships that found their end along Coastside California.
Shipwrecks, Smugglers and Maritime Mysteries
Author: Eugene D. Wheeler
Publisher: Pathfinder Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 9780934793032
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Colourful stories of adventure at sea.
Publisher: Pathfinder Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 9780934793032
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Colourful stories of adventure at sea.
California Shipwrecks
Author: Don B. Marshall
Publisher: Binford & Mort Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher: Binford & Mort Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
A Long, Dangerous Coastline
Author: Anthony Dalton
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN: 1926936116
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
On September 8, 1923, seven US Navy destroyers rammed into jagged rocks on the California coast. Twenty-three sailors died that night. Five years earlier, the Canadian Pacific passenger ship Princess Sophia steamed into Vanderbilt Reef in Alaska’s Lynn Canal. When she sank, she took 353 people to their deaths. From San Francisco’s fog-bound Golden Gate to the stormy Inside Passage of British Columbia and Alaska, the magnificent west coast of North America has taken a deadly toll. Here are the dramatic tales of ships that met their ends on this treacherous coastline—including Princess Sophia, Benevolence, Queen of the North and others.
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN: 1926936116
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
On September 8, 1923, seven US Navy destroyers rammed into jagged rocks on the California coast. Twenty-three sailors died that night. Five years earlier, the Canadian Pacific passenger ship Princess Sophia steamed into Vanderbilt Reef in Alaska’s Lynn Canal. When she sank, she took 353 people to their deaths. From San Francisco’s fog-bound Golden Gate to the stormy Inside Passage of British Columbia and Alaska, the magnificent west coast of North America has taken a deadly toll. Here are the dramatic tales of ships that met their ends on this treacherous coastline—including Princess Sophia, Benevolence, Queen of the North and others.
Shipwrecks & Sea Monsters of California's Central Coast
Author: Randall A. Reinstedt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780933818026
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780933818026
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Shipwrecks of the Pacific Coast
Author: James Atwood Gibbs
Publisher: Portland, Oregon: Binford & Mort
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Detailed account of all major marine disasters off the west coast of the U.S.
Publisher: Portland, Oregon: Binford & Mort
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Detailed account of all major marine disasters off the west coast of the U.S.
Great Shipwrecks of the Pacific Coast
Author: Robert C. Belyk
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Fascinating, never-before-documented stories of the worst shipwrecks on the Pacific Coast during the golden age of coastal transportation, 1854 to 1929 In this intriguing chronicle, author Robert Belyk closely examines ten significant maritime disasters that occurred during one of the most turbulent eras in the history of travel. Discover the real-life drama endured by those caught in the terrifying midst of disaster at sea??and the real causes behind the tragedies. Vividly re-created and painstakingly researched, the shipwrecks accounted for here include: 1854: the Yankee Blade runs aground off Point Arguello, California.Twenty-eight passengers lose their lives. 1875: The old side-wheeler Pacific rams another passenger ship off the coast of Cape Flattery, Washington. Two hundred and seventy-seven people perish when her rotting hull gives way. 1906: The Valencia strikes a reef off the Washington coastline. Before dozens of dazed onlookers on the shore, the ship goes down, taking 117 passengers and crew with her.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Fascinating, never-before-documented stories of the worst shipwrecks on the Pacific Coast during the golden age of coastal transportation, 1854 to 1929 In this intriguing chronicle, author Robert Belyk closely examines ten significant maritime disasters that occurred during one of the most turbulent eras in the history of travel. Discover the real-life drama endured by those caught in the terrifying midst of disaster at sea??and the real causes behind the tragedies. Vividly re-created and painstakingly researched, the shipwrecks accounted for here include: 1854: the Yankee Blade runs aground off Point Arguello, California.Twenty-eight passengers lose their lives. 1875: The old side-wheeler Pacific rams another passenger ship off the coast of Cape Flattery, Washington. Two hundred and seventy-seven people perish when her rotting hull gives way. 1906: The Valencia strikes a reef off the Washington coastline. Before dozens of dazed onlookers on the shore, the ship goes down, taking 117 passengers and crew with her.