GARY GENTILE'S POPULAR DIVE GUIDE SERIES Over 100 GPS and loran
numbers included As suggested by the title and series name, this
volume covers the most well-known wrecks sunk in the Virginia
portion of the Chesapeake Bay. For each of the wrecks covered, a
statistical sidebar provides basic information such as the dates of
construction and loss, previous names (if any), tonnage and
dimensions, builder and owner (at time of loss), port of registry,
type of vessel and how propelled, cause of sinking, location (GPS
and/or loran coordinates if known), and depth. In most cases, an
historical photograph or illustration of the ship leads the text.
Throughout the book is scattered a selection of additional
photographs. Each volume is full of fascinating narratives of
triumph and tragedy, of heroism and disgrace, of human nature at
its best and its basest. These books are not about wood and steel,
but about flesh and blood, for every shipwreck saga is a human
story. Ships may founder, run aground, burn, collide with other
vessels, or be torpedoed by a German U-boat. In every case,
however, what is emphatically important is what happened to the
people who became victims of casualty: how they survived, how they
died. Also included are descriptions of the wrecks as they appear
on the bottom. At the end of this volume is a bibliography of
suggested reading, and a list of GPS and loran numbers of wrecks in
and adjacent to the area covered. Wrecks covered in Shipwrecks of
the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia Waters are: Annie, Brazil, Charon
(Revolutionary War gunboat), Chilore, City of Annapolis, Cumberland
and Congress (from the Civil War Battle of Hampton Roads), Diamond
Shoals, Dorothy, Edward R. Baird, Jr., Florida (Confederate
raider), Julia Luckenbach, Katahdin, Lorraine, Louisiana, Monmouth,
Nellie Pentz, North Carolina, Pilot, Texas/San Marcos (battleship),
Virginia (ex-Merrimack), West Point, William Donnelly, and Wm. D.
Sannere. Also included is a special section about shipwrecks in
Dutch Gap and Kiptopeke State Park.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
