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The Sting of the Hawke: Collision in the Solent

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Availability:In StockContributor:Mark Chirnside, Samuel HalpernPublish date:2015-01-10Pages:122
Language:EnglishPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN-13:9781502946874ISBN-10:1502946874UPC:9781502946874Book Category:TransportationBook Subcategory:Ships & ShipbuildingBook Topic:HistorySize:10.00 x 7.00 x 0.26 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCR9WX7Y9X

The Sting of the Hawke: Collision in the Solent

On the 20th of September 1911 the White Star Liner RMS Olympic, coming out of Southampton Water, was making a turn to port around the West Bramble buoy in the Solent. At the same time, HMS Hawke, a protected cruiser of the Royal Navy, was making a turn to starboard around Egypt Point, a prominent landmark on the north end of the Isle of Wight. As the two vessels completed their respective turns...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN-13:9781502946874ISBN-10:1502946874UPC:9781502946874Book Category:TransportationBook Subcategory:Ships & ShipbuildingBook Topic:HistorySize:10.00 x 7.00 x 0.26 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCR9WX7Y9X
Samuel Halpern is a systems engineer and technologist by profession, with a longstanding interest in steamships and sailing vessels, the study of naval architecture and the practice of celestial and coastal navigation. He has been involved with the study of Titanic for many years, and is the principal author of the book Report Into the Loss of the SS Titanic - A Centennial Reappraisal (The...
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

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