Shipwreck disasters
By: John Hawkins
Series: Catastrophe!
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781445110189
Subjects: Disasters; Juvenile literature; Shipwrecks
Description: "This book explores modern and historical shipwrecks and looks at why events unfolded as they did. It also examines the safety measures that have been put in place to try to ensure that such disasters never happen again." --Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.

Key Stage 3.
Table of contents: title: Disaster at sea; title: MV Princess of the Stars, 2008; title: RMS Titanic, 1912; title: MV Al-Salam Boccaccio 98, 2006; title: SS Mont Blanc, 1917; title: Mary Rose, 1545; title: Andrea Doria, 1956; title: SS Eastland, 1915; title: SS Empress of Ireland, 1914; title: MV Dona Paz, 1987; title: MV Estonia, 1994; title: SS Sultana, 1865; title: HMS Birkenhead, 1852; title: Kursk, 2000; title: MV Le Joola, 2002; title: Looking to the future; title: Timeline.