The emigrant ship William and Mary departed from Liverpool with 208 British; Irish; and Dutch emigrants in early 1853. Captained by young American Timothy Stinson; the vessel was sailing for New Orleans when the ship wrecked in the Bahamas in mysterious circumstances. Instead of grounding the ship on a nearby shore or building rafts for the passengers; Stinson and the majority of his crew sneaked away in lifeboats – murdering at least two of the emigrants with a hatchet as they did so – and reported the ship sunk with all on board lost. But the passengers kept the ship afloat and two days later were rescued by heroic wreckers as the ship went down. Now; over 160 years on; the tale of the two murdered in Bahamian waters and the hundreds who escaped thanks to kindly wreckers can finally be told. Stinson is no longer getting away with murder.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Good book for its size. Haven't seen much detailed information on these weapons anyplace else.By Bayard B.A very good book for its size. The most detailed information is given on the rocket models produced during and just after WW II. I thought it was a bit surprising that no warhead weights were given for models developed after about the late 1960s. Detailed information (other than range and the carrier vehicles) seemed to end for the models produced after the 122 mm BM - 2 Grad. Maybe up to date information just isn't available for those models. On the other hand; I'll have to admit that I haven't seen much information on these items anyplace else.The book "Soviet / Russian Armor and Artillery Design Practices 1945 - 1995" published by the Institute for Defense Analyses (1995) contains much more detailed information on design development history; dimensions; and performance of rocket weapons produced during the 1970s through the late 1980s: BM - 21 Grad; 9K - 57 Urugan; 9K - 58 Smerch. It (obviously) includes nothing developed after 1995.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Osprey does it againBy G. DornThis is a typical Osprey product. Within an abbreviated format; you will find a basic history supported by a quality selection of pictures and data to provide one with information on a subject of considerable importance in military history but which will not be found elsewhere. Another good job0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Iris CarltonThx!
