Mayday
Disasters at Sea

By Nicholas Faith
June 1998
Channel 4 Books (Macmillan / Boxtree)
ISBN: 0752261479
218 pages, 4 3/8 x 7"
$13.95 Paper Original


The author looks at the murky world of 20th century maritime safety and discusses the causes behind major maritime disasters. He examines the evidence of doctors, rescue and salvage workers, maritime engineers, designers, insurers and forensic experts. All told, the author provides comprehensive reasons behind some of the worst accidents in the past 50 years.

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