In September 1980, the British ship Derbyshire sailed into the eye
of Typhoon Orchid and on into oblivion, taking all on board with
her. The destructive power of a typhoon is awesome, but the
Derbyshire was no small and ageing tramp, running red rust with a
crew of deadbeats culled from the backwaters of the world. She was
just four years old, manned entirely by competent British seamen
and maintained to the highest standards. She matched the best
afloat in her day. How then could this great ship have disappeared
so quickly and completely, with not even a faint cry for help, and
leaving only a thin film of oil on the sea to mark her passing? The
only good thing to come out of whatever appalling calamity
over-whelmed the Derbyshire was that it turned the spotlight on a
hitherto unrecognised phenomenon -- the disappearing bulk carriers.
In this powerful book, Bernard Edwards, master mariner turned
writer, reports on his investigations into the loss of a number of
these giant bulk carriers and offers a new and controversial
solution to the Derbyshire mystery, at the same time taking the lid
off the on-going scandal of the disappearing bulk carriers.
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