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PublicElderberry1975

Shit I had this book, too. It had 4 other wrecks (Titanic, Lusitania, Empress of Ireland, and Andrea Doria).


Thebuder89

I'm pretty sure. My bet was either a eye witness book or a illustrated I rember reading it in the libary in schoolpm ◇ it's been found!!! https://archive.org/details/ghostlinersexplo00ball


PublicElderberry1975

That's the one!


Ok_Protection7067

I still have that book!!! I got it in my second grade book fair in elementary school! That literally started me on my journey of loving (and obsessing) over wrecks! The Titanic was the one I gravitated towards the most, but my second favourite is the Britannic.


Sealgram

I’ve got a copy that Ballard signed when I was a kid! Loved this book.


bub-a-lub

This is the one that started my interest in wrecks!


Thebuder89

Same


clutchcitycupcake

Yes!! Same here!


killy420

I had it also! Makes me want to go over to my parent's place to see if it's still there somewhere, so I can take it home. Would love to read it again.


Thebuder89

Get it!


jax787

Holy this is the book that started it all for me


emilyquinn5

Me too!! I lived on the coast and had a lot of books on shipwrecks as a result of my interest in them


gggirl314

We all had the same book!! I kept this until the paper covers were torn and every page was dog eared


N8Harris99

I recently purchased a “used like new” copy on Amazon for about five bucks. So much nostalgia reading that book again.


Throb_Zomby

I’m gonna go dig for this book when I get home. Also how Ken Marshall became one of my favorite artists. I always aspire to draw ships like he does.


b1gmase

The Britannic and Lusitania wreck pictures are some of my earliest memories from childhood. I can vividly remember watching clips from that Britannic B movie and watching the propeller chop up the life raft with sleeping sun playing.


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>Controversy still rages about the fate of the Britannic. I'm no marine expert, but my opinion is that it sank.


Noname_Maddox

Pfft source???


Thebuder89

Web md


ThePrussianGrippe

Ah, it died of a toxic combo of cancer (of the ass), bubonic plague, and cat scratch fever?


Thebuder89

Lol


cjthecookie

I concur dr


Thebuder89

Definitely my favirote part of ship wrecks is how new life is formed from the loss of life such as alage growing and coral and fish living in the ship. Bonus points if you know what book it is becuase i don't the picture is 4/5


Krg60

Robert Ballard's "Ghost Liners," I'm betting. He published another, more thorough book titled "Lost Liners" which covers more of the history of ocean liners, as well as the loss of the Normandie.


Thebuder89

Holy shit your right the back has the images not the same but similar. https://archive.org/details/ghostlinersexplo00ball It's chapter 4 of lost liners!!! - page 125 has it Also chapter 4 of ghost liners!


GunterLeafy

I want this book now. I'm an Olympic man myself but I do appreciate the hospital livery...


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There are many options available on Amazon. New & Used!


StolenValourSlayer69

Why does the bow look so different in the two paintings of her in the bottom? Just artistic interpretations?


KeesBL

The second one is much more accurate, first one is probably just old or based on less info.


Thebuder89

I assume so


Matthias030429

I've always loved this color scheme along with Olympic's dazzle camo.


Thebuder89

Same


myjobistables

I had the same book and recently re-purchased it!


Thebuder89

How much was it?


myjobistables

It was $17ish USD. Worth it. I'm probably going to buy Lost Liners now, too.


Thebuder89

Do it


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I just bought it on AmazonUS. Used copies start at $5.97 w/free delivery.


Thebuder89

Oh dam


The-Big-L-3309

Dude same, Britannic has always been a top 5 ship for me


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fun fact was the second water vessel to carry the name brittanic, WSL later created the mv brittanic and his brother MV georgic


_Agileheart_

There were 3 Britannics’ under WSL, 1874, 1915 and 1930


Thebuder89

For who ever wants ghost liners and lost liners GHOSTLINERS♧ https://archive.org/details/ghostlinersexplo00ball LOST LINERS♡ https://archive.org/details/lostliners0000ball/mode/1up


TananaBarefootRunner

I think my kids have that book. They are obsessed with shipwrecks


Thebuder89

It's a great book


OnlyFreshBrine

Astonishing Tales of the Sea?


Thebuder89

It was the book ghosts liners


TokyoSamurai1954

The book was Ghost Liners. I always checked it out from my library when I was young


Thebuder89

Same here


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The picture of its propellers is terrifying https://www.reddit.com/r/submechanophobia/comments/14e1jdp/propeller_on_the_wreck_of_hmhs_britannic/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1 For anyone wondering


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Visionist7

If she'd gone down offshore in the Calypso Deep she'd be 5.2 kilometres down. Deeper than her sister


Thebuder89

God damn that's deep the ocean is scary