Author: H. Paul Jeffers
Publisher: Zenith Press
From Baird Maritime:
The small luxury cruise ship 'Prinsendam' owned by the Holland America Line caught fire on October 4, 1980 in the Gulf of Alaska.
That the 500 odd people aboard her were not even seriously injured was generally regarded as little short of a miracle. She was, however, a well built and equipped ship sailing in benign, albeit cold, conditions. When the ship eventually sank her full complement of crew and passengers were aboard lifeboats awaiting rescue by the US Coast Guard.
As with the 'Titanic' and practically every other of the World's far too frequent passenger vessel disasters, the 'Prinsendam' sinking was deemed by the subsequent inquiry to be the result of human error and poor management.
This well researched and written account makes all of that abundantly clear. There are many similar accounts of similar disasters before and since. Unfortunately they continue to occure, often to similarly well found ships, with monotonous regularity.
A very good book that will not be popular with cruise ship owners or managers
Ordering Information:
Zenith Press
St Paul, USA
Web: www.zenith press.com
