| Author |
Goss, Michael.
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| Title |
Lost at sea : ghost ships and other mysteries / Michael Goss & George Behe. |
| Edition |
First Galahad books edition. |
| OCLC |
74413775 |
| ISBN |
1578661471 |
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9781578661473 |
| Publisher |
Edison, NJ : Galahad Books, 2005. |
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©1994 |
| Description |
359 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Shipwrecks.
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Sea stories.
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Supernatural.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
I: GHOST-SHIPS: The ghost ship of the Godwins meets the Flying Dutchman: a survey and discussion of various phantom ships, including the Lady Luvibund, Violet, Barracouta, Hannah Regan, Flying Dutchman, the phantom ship seen by King George V from on board the Inconstant, and phantom vessels observed by the Dunraven, Orkney Belle, and the Barrabool -- The Palatine and other flaming wrecks: survey and discussion of occasional reappearance of burning ships of the phantom kind, including the Palatine (Princess Augusta), Dash, White Rover, the Teazer Light, the Packet Light, the Bay Chaleur fire ship and the burning ship of Northumberland Strait -- II: MYSTERIES UNDER THE SEA: Submersibles and psychism: the Thresher resurfaces: an analysis of possible paranormal occurences connected with submarines, including the tragic losses of the Thresher and Thetis, the alleged telepathy experiments undertaken on board the Nautilus, and the truth about World War I's mysterious derelict submarine, the U-31 -- III: LOST LINERS: Waratah: "The man with the sword": Being a searching analysis of the treble mystery of the lost passenger liner: why the vessel vanished; if she vanished without a trace; and whether any of her passenger knew she would sink -- RMS Titanic: the unsinkable: an examination of reported paranormal activity that preceded, and possibly presaged, the unexpected loss of the newest, largest, and safest passenger liner in the world -- RMS Lusitania: the unthinkable: an examination of reported precognitive experiments relating to the vessel's loss, and a discussion of the possible origins, both normal and paranormal, of these experiences -- IV: ASSORTED TALES: In peace and war: President (1841) -- The Mayfly (1851) -- City of Glasgow (1854) -- The Arctic (1854) -- The Oomaru and the vanishing ship (1883?) -- Shannon (1885) -- Volturno (1913) -- The Empress of Ireland (1914) -- HMS Amphion and Pathfinder (1914) -- HMS Aboukir, Cressy, and Hogue (1914) -- HMS Queen Mary (1916) -- SS Athenia (1939) -- RMS Queen Mary (1967 and after). |
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