Wrecks of Liverpool Bay Volume 2

Book is 160 pages with many black and white illustrations. First published August 2008. Price £9.95.

Description of book:

Liverpool Bay has seen many dramatic and tragic shipwrecks. This second volume by Chris Michael, author of Wrecks of Liverpool Bay, describes many additional wrecks and their fascinating stories.

He provides a full account of the following offshore shipwrecks:

The state of the wreckage, marine life and location of these and many other wreck sites are described which will interest divers and fishermen.

Published by LIVERPOOL MARINE PRESS ISBN 0 9524315 1 3     ISB13 978-0952431510

Chapter Headings

• 1 Introduction p.1
        [Map of dive sites in Liverpool Bay]
• 2 Historic wrecks located p.7
        Lelia p.7
        Resurgam p.10
• 3 Heroic lifeboat rescue p.13
        Dunmail p.18
• 4 Historic dive salvage p.19
        Angola p.22
• 5 Collisions p.23
        Chacabuco and Torch p.24
        Albanian and Nydia p.26
        Lugar and Saxon Prince p.29
        Montreal and Cedric p.30
        Braeglen and Sarah Brough p.31
        Chacabuco p.32
        Torch p.32
        Albanian p.33
        Nydia p.34
        Lugar p.34
        Montreal p.37
        Braeglen p.37
• 6 U-Boat aces strike p.39
        Ben Cruachan p.47
        Linda Blanche p.48
        Kilcoan p.49
        Princess Victoria p.51
        Kelvinhead p.51
        Alfred H. Read p.52
• 7 Ships that lost their way p.53
        Ionic Star p.54
        Pegu p.55
        Charles Livingston p.57
        Ionic Star p.61
        Pegu p.62
        Charles Livingston p.62
        Zealandia p.63
        Rock Channel wrecks p.64
        Bradda p.66
        Ibis p.67
• 8 World War II losses p.69
        Amlwch Rose p.69
        Strathrye p.71
        Murielle p.73
        U-1024 p.75
        Denham p.77
• 9 Miscellaneous wrecks p.81
        Slate Wrecks p.81
        Pennington p.81
        Clare p.83
        Slate wreck A p.84
        Slate wreck B p.84
        Unknown: stone pile p.84
        Vine p.85
        Unknown: debris. p.85
        Coniston p.86
        Unknown: Pipe wreck p.88
        Unknown: ballast pile p.89
        Peru p.90
        Unknown FV p.91
        Hebe p.91
        Blanche p.92
        Unknown SS p.94
        Residu p.95
• 10 Unknown A and B identified p.97
        Letty p.97
        Stanleigh p.100
• 11 Updates on Liverpool Bay wrecks p.105
        Updated Liverpool Bay Information p.105
• 12 Towers, beacons, barges etc p.111
        Miscellaneous wreckage near the El Oso p.114
        Tower bases p.114
        Barges p.115
        Unidentified wrecks p.115
        Miscellaneous wreckage near the Cairnross p.116
        Tower bases p.116
        Barges p.116
        Unidentified wreckage p.117
        Miscellaneous wreckage near the Chagres p.118
        Concrete Barges p.118
        Remains of navigational beacons, etc p.119
• 13 Wrecks not yet located p.121
        Vessels lost close to Liverpool with charted position p.121
        Thorn p.122
        Perseverance p.122
        Margarita p.122
        Eversfield p.123
        J. B. Kee p.123
        Ann Sumner p.125
        Beacons p.125
        Mersey p.126
        Thomas p.126
        Crescent p.126
        Sarah Fox p.127
        Gannochy p.127
        Queen p.129
        Gertie p.129
        Auchenarden p.129
        Camilla p.130
        Astarte p.130
        Laju p.131
        Auspicious p.132
        Approximate position known p.132
        Ships lost off Liverpool p.132
        Ships lost off the North Wales coast p.138
        Ships lost off the Lancashire coast p.140
        Missing vessels p.143
        World War II losses in the Irish sea area p.145
• 14 Navigation and diving p.147

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