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Into the Maelstrom: The Wreck of HMHS Rohilla
Colin Brittain
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Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 120 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 688.
On 29 October 1914 the hospital ship Rohilla left Queensferry with 234 people on board bound for Dunkirk. Just after 4 a.m. on 30 October there was a tremendous impact as the ship ran onto rocks at Saltwick Nab, a mile south of Whitby. Mortally wounded only 600 yards from shore, she was ‘so close to land yet so far from safety’. It was impossible to launch the Whitby No. 1 lifeboat to aid those stranded on the ship, instead the No. 2 boat, John Fielden, was lifted over the sea wall and hauled over the rock Scar to opposite ... Read more
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Publisher
The History Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752497655
SKU
V9780752497655
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Ref
99-50
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