The Derbyshire, a British ship nearly twice the size of the Titanic, sank 200 miles off the coast of Japan during a typhoon in September 1980 with the loss of 44 lives. Evidence soon emerged that the ship was fatally weakened by a design fault, although this has always been denied by the ship's builders. The charge has been laid, and never satisfactorily refuted, that the Derbyshire suffered a catastrophic failure at "Frame 65", a point in her huge length where "spinal" girders had been prematurely stopped, contrary to the original design specifications. In the massive waves of a China Seas typhoon this fatal alteration caused her to snap like a twig. In the years since, three of her sister ships foundered or were scrapped, all due to this design fault. To this day, the Government view remains that the ships - including the Derbyshire - were lost due to human error. Now, evidence is growing that most bulk carriers over a certain size and age may suffer from structural flaws or from poor building standards and materials. In this book, Captain Ramwell and Tim Madge discuss this issue and the fundamental question of whether, for one reason or another, a major cover-up has not been behind the continuing failure to re-open the case of the Derbyshire or to pay adequate compensation to the relatives of the missing crew. David Ramwell is a master mariner and Tim Madge is the award-winning author of "Maiden". He is a former journalist turned writer, photographer and explorer.

A Ship Too Far: The Mystery of the Derbyshire

Sports & Outdoors

Madge, Tim

Ramwell, Dave

Individual Sports

Hodder&Stoughton

The Last Hero: A Biography of the Explorer Bill Tilman: H.W. Tilman

London: Hodder & Stoughton

Long Voyage Home: True Stories from Britain's Twilight Maritime Years

History

Europe

SIMON SCHUSTER (TRADE DIVISION)

<p>Biography of the sailor, mountaineer, and adventurer, called perhaps the greatest explorer of the twentieth century.</p>

The Last Hero: Bill Tilman, a Biography of the Explorer

Travel

MOUNTAINEERS BOOKS+

A lavishly illustrated history of Royal and State yachts and other ships used by Kings, Queens and Heads of State from the 17th century to the present day. Using a wealth of photographs, paintings and drawings, with text by bestselling author, Tim Madge, Royal Yachts of the World provides the definitive picture of the most opulent vessels ever built.

Royal Yachts of the World

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

Adlard Coles Nautical

<p>Praised as a wonder drug by doctors throughout Europe and the United States upon its discovery nearly 150 years ago, perceptions of cocaine have now come full circle. A prime target of narcotics agencies and governments across the globe, coke has become the crown jewel of the drug trade. Despite the widespread panic surrounding its effects and highly addictive quality, as well as massive campaigns by the U.S. government to stop its importation, coke is still readily available and maintains its street credibility as a champagne drug, associated with high-living, high-rolling lifestyles. Millions of South Americans have, for centuries, chewed coca leaves (the raw product from which cocaine is derived), in order to produce a mild high, not unlike caffeine. The plant was so revered by the Incas that they referred to it as the "food of the gods;" and in modern societies, the coca plant has long been used in the recipe for popular soft drinks like Coca-Cola. So what has led to the modern fervor over the plant's by-product cocaine? Tracing a history that goes back hundreds of years, author Tim Madge examines the long, complicated, and controversial history of cocaine, and its parent—the coca plant.</p>

White Mischief: A Cultural History of Cocaine

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Addiction & Recovery

Running Press

White Mischief : The Cultural History of Cocaine

Mainstream Publishing

The new edition of Marine Insurance Clauses reflects numerous changes and additions to the policy clauses, and particularly the new style of the organisation entitled the International Underwriting Association of London in 2002. The new edition will bring you up to date with the present complex and sometimes confusing variations in policy conditions. Part of the Maritime and Transport Law Library.

Marine Insurance Clauses (Maritime and Transport Law Library)

Hudson, Geoffrey

Sturges, Keith

Specialties

Informa Law from Routledge

This edition of Marine Insurance Clauses has been updated to reflect the introduction in 2002/3 of a new policy form of the International Hull Clauses. It examines and analyses these clauses, comparing them with the forms previously published but still in existence, including the American Institute Hull Clauses of 1977. This edition also re-examines a full portfolio of the other important clauses available for the insurance of cargoes, containers, freight and other interests against marine risks, war and strikes risks, as well as P&I risks, the highly specialised forms covering shipbuilders’ risks, mortgagees’ interest, and average disbursements insurance.

Business & Money

Hudson, Geoffrey N

Education & Reference

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