Lost Liners: From the Titanic to the Andrea Doria The Ocean Floor Reveals Its Greatest Ships

Before the age of flight, the only way to cross the vast oceans was by boat-large ones that could hold thousands of people. Ocean liners. Companies from Cunard, to the White Star Line began to try to outdo each other by building the largest, fastest, and most luxurious liner in the world. One by one, ships like the Lusitania, Titanic and Olympic made its debut. And one by slow one, they soon sank into the waters they were made to sail on. However is that all we hear on this long forgotten mode of transportation? Lusitania-sunk by a German U-boat in 1915? Titanic-sunk by an iceberg Sunday/Monday April 14/15 1912? This book explores these boats and many others you rarely hear of. Normandie, Andrea Doria, Empress of Ireland, and Titanic's long forgotten sister: Britannic. As these ships sunk they opened up a new era of exploration. Included in this book is full in-depth reports of the ships and their legacy. Also a report on the discovery and exploration of the ship's ruined hulls. As with other books and articles by Robert Ballard, these books will really keep you involved with a subject almost long forgotten.

Although it does not delve too far into each ship, it does cover a variety of famous wrecked ships as well as a variety of ways they were lost. From the Titanic to the Andrea Doria, this book is a great general reference to a menagerie of lost liners.

I highly recommend this book. It is well written, with plenty of photographs and artwork, including some wonderful paintings by Kenneth Marshall. The book is a beautiful overview of ocean liner history, giving snapshots of individual liners and their stories through almost 100 years of history. The main focus of the book, however, is on early to mid twentieth century ocean travel.While the book does not give huge amounts of detail on individual ships, it does play favoritism to some, the most obvious being the Normandie (which is just a bit too gushing). All things considered this is a rather minor flaw. I wore my original copy of the book out, and recently had to replace it, so that tells you how much I like this book.The book itself is large in diameter, almost coffee-table sized, so I really do suggest you purchase a hard cover copy. For readers who have in-depth ocean liner knowledge, the book probably will not contain much new information or photographs. However, for people who are just becoming interesting in ocean liners, or ocean liner history, I would say this book is a must-have.

Excellent book, Excellent packing and shipping.

I ordered the book, Lost Liners as a gift for my dad's 81st birthday. My dad is really enjoying the book, as he truly loves ships. The photos are wonderful, showing great detail of the ships.

I bought this for my son who is a real history buff. Even though he’s only six, he has an advanced reading level and he’s enjoyed reading bits of this to me.

LOOKED FOR THIS BOOK FOR AWHILE BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF PRINT

A great book if you're looking for something on the ocean liners of yesteryear. Full of history, information, and pictures.

Brilliant purchase, sold at an eyewateringly good price; the book was in superb condition, and the contents of the book itself is amazingly interesting.

Purchased this book for my son and he is very pleased with it, a great book would recommend to anyone interested in learning more about lost ships.

Superb

Outstanding; I would recommend this to any shipwreck enthusiast. Images are stunning, great storylines.....the type of book one would look at over and over again.

Personally, I rate Dr Ballard's books; The Discovery of the Titanic, Lost ships of Guadalcanal, Return to Midway and Exploring the Lusitania as some of the finest works on the subject of shipwrecks ever to have been published. On this occasion, however, I am left with a feeling of disappointment at finding such a thin book.Perhaps anything short of the discovery of another Titanic would always be a disappointment to some - but let us examine the content. Firstly, we have 5 of the world's greatest ever shipwrecks; Titanic, Empress of Ireland, Lusitania, Britannic and Andrea Doria. Each of these vessels was a great ship in its own right and their like will never be seen again. Indeed, entire books have been written about each of them - by this author and by others. As with all great shipwreck stories, there is always an element of mystery - arguments for and against the mine versus torpedo theory for example. Those arguments, in addition to all the many other elements of the overall picture, must always be fully presented and reasoned in order to allow readers to draw their own conclusions.In this book, the text, photography and excellent (as always) illustrations by Ken Marschall are confined to 56 pages. Quite frankly, that is not enough room for any single great shipwreck - let alone five! Easy to see why I was left wanting more.NM