An account of the 1915 sinking of the Lusitania offers a portrait of early twentieth-century maritime history and the terrible impact of the disaster on the course of World War I.

It is now just over a century since Lusitania made her maiden crossing of the North Atlantic. For seven and a half years, she crossed that rugged ocean with punctuality and dependability. She fast became a living legend, the ship of choice for many of the transatlantic travellers. Since her sinking on 7 May 1915, however, her wondrous career and technological marvels have largely been neglected. Instead, the focus has shifted to her political importance, and on numerous conspiracy theories about her last voyage and sinking. This illustrated biography of the Lusitania discusses her entire story, from her conception and birth on the Clyde to her career and, finally, to her tragic demise off the coast of Ireland; it reveals her as she has never been seen before. Prepare to take a journey back in time - step aboard the decks of one of the world's largest, finest, fastest and most beloved ocean liners, and relive her history in all its splendour.

Product Description: His Majesty’s destroyers had a long and costly war. Some eight thousand destroyer men did not survive. At the height of the war the Royal navy was commissioning four new vessels a month, which was only sufficient to replace those which had been sunk or severely damaged...read more

Product Description: The book contains a compendium of naval history with an exhaustive chronology of events and actions of the American, English, German, Japanese and Italian navies.

Product Description: Heroism, tragedy, devotion to duty, and scandal are just a few of the ingredients that make up this dramatic first-time account of troopship losses in wartime. International in scope, it offers a compilation of stories about historic troopship disasters caused by torpedoes, aerial attacks, mines, surface fire, foul weather, friendly fire, and poor planning by military decision makers...read more

Product Description: The Lusitania Story is the complete story of this famous ocean liner, told for the first time in a single volume with verified passenger and crew lists as well as an accurate record of those who survived and perished. The value of this book is enhanced by its many illustrations.

Product Description: An objective and enthralling account of the sinking of the Lusitania, which unravels many of the myths and, for the first time, explains the true significance of that terrible disaster.The saga of the Lusitania is one of the most remarkable in the annals of maritime history...read more

Product Description: Seventy-one American destroyers went down during World War II, and this meticulously researched book describes the history of each—from launch to the ship's final hours. Through these stories we travel from the stormy North Atlantic to the calm Mediterranean, from the East Coast of the United States to the vast reaches of the Pacific, on destroyers from the USS Reuben James to the USS Callaghan...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

This work contains stories of lost treasure, dramatic sinkings, heroic feats of survival and technically sophisticated salvage. The locations of about 170 lost ships are shown on a detailed map.

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Product Description: Reveals the circumstances relating to Ireland's greatest maritime disaster - the sinking of the mail boat Leinster by German torpedoes on 10 October 1918. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

The author of the best-selling The Discovery of the Titanic explores the controversies surrounding the sinking of the cruise ship in 1915, in a large-format gift book featuring more than three hundred photographs and illustrations. National ad/promo.