Death of a Supertanker

By Antony Trew

The deck of Ocean Mammoth stretched nearly a fifth of a mile from bridge to bows; it rose above the water-line to the height of a ten story building. Yet in a time of falling freight rates and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312187386
• ISBN13: 9780312187385
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 220 Pages

Customer Reviews

Well-crafted plot, drama and technical accuracy

Thjis is a book that deserves to have remained in print. It is the story of an oil tanker casualty off East Africa, the sinking of the ship, the loss into the sea of its oil cargo, and the subsequent enquiry into how it happened, conducted in South Africa. Was it the crew? The owners cost-cutting? Bab builders? Deficient work in drydock? Or freak weather in an area notorious for it?The drama is kept nicely on the boil with no resort to the ridiculous. The technical content is near-perfect. A first-class read for sea professional, sea novel reader and discerning thriller-addict alike.