The true story of Naval History's most tragic myths of the last hundred years. Titanic, Príncipe de Asturias, Lusitania, Andrea Doria... These colossal disasters were the most shocking shipwrecks of the last hundred years, and all the secrets hidden by governments of these catastrophes will be revealed in this book. Learn the astonishing truth of the great tragedies that took place in the sea in the last century. These disasters, accidents or sinkings of large merchants, military vessels and passenger ships caused by human carelessness or technical failures, led to enormous human losses and ecological disasters. A dozen of the most famous ship accidents of the twentieth century are described and analyzed in this informative work based on accurate research. You will learn the causes and consequences of these wrecks and how they happened. Few events attracted so much attention, shocked or shook the minds and hearts of several generations as the sinking of the Titanic--in which more than five hundred people died-, the unfortunate end of the Lusitania, the tragedy of the Andrea Doria or the creepy shipwreck of Príncipe de Asturias.