Titanic [electronic resource] : a fresh look at the evidence by a former Chief Inspector of Marine Accidents / John Lang.

Publisher description: The sinking of the Titanic on her maiden voyage in April 1912 was one of the defining moments of the twentieth century. Books and films about the disaster that befell the iconic liner are commonplace, and it seems almost inconceivable that anything fresh can emerge. But there...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lang, John S.
Language:English
Published: Lanham, MD : Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, [2012]
Subjects:
Titanic (Steamship)
Shipwrecks > North Atlantic Ocean > History.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2012 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2012 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2012 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Titanic: A Fresh Look at the Evidence by a Former Chief Inspector of Marine Accidents
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Foreword / Michael Grey MBE
  • Preface
  • Prologue
  • Part I: Background
  • The North Atlantic
  • Ships, shipping and the North Atlantic
  • Maritime matters
  • The people
  • Marine accidents and their investigation
  • Part II: The loss of RMS Titanic: a report
  • Introduction
  • Part I
  • Factual information
  • Part II
  • Analysis
  • Part III
  • Conclusions, causes and recommendations
  • Epilogue.