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Into the Maelstrom

Categorie	Schepen & Scheepvaart
Boeknummer	#385751
Titel	Into the Maelstrom: The Wreck of HMHS Rohilla
Auteur	Brittain, Colin
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	The History press
Jaar van uitgave	2014
ISBN10	0752497650
ISBN13	9780752497655
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrations (mostly photographs) in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	On 29 October 1914 the hospital ship Rohilla left Queensferry with 229 persons on board; the vessel was bound for Dunkirk on an errand of mercy, under wartime restrictions and in deteriorating weather. Just after 4 a. m. there was a tremendous impact as the ship ran on to rocks at Saltwick Nab, a mile south of Whitby. Rohilla was mortally wounded 600 yards from shore, "so close to land yet so far from safety'. Over the ensuing days the heartrending loss of 92 lives in terrible circumstances would prove to be Whitby's greatest maritime disaster, still regarded as one of the worst amongst the annals of the RNLI. This book reveals the heroic actions of the public who waded out into icy turbulent waters to reach those who made the swim to shore and the gallant efforts of lifeboatmen forced to manhandle lifeboats over piers, rocks, overland and down a 200ft cliff.
Pagina's	318
Conditie	Nieuw
Prijs	€ 10,00

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