Covering the period from 1740 to 1917 and 1918 to 2000, the author, an experienced diver, catalogues the histories of the ships that have been stranded and wrecked along the north-east coast of England, from Whitby to Berwick-on-Tweed. He discusses the bravery of the lifeboat crews that have risked their lives to rescue the survivors, and assesses the potential of the wrecks as dive-sites. BOTH VOLUMES I:0752417495 pp. 224, II: 0752417509 pp. 256 illusts #0518