Without Trace: The Extraordinary Last Voyages of Eight Ships

'and if there had been only one survivor, there would have been no mystery in any of these cases'

• Aboard Erebus and Terror on Sir John Franklin's disastrous Arctic expedition, last seen parting from their escort
• Aboard the Mary Celeste, crewed by a well-respected captain and an experienced crew, abandoned in the mid-Atlantic
• Aboard the battleship Maine, blown sky-high in Havana harbour
• Aboard the collier Cyclops, disappeared between Barbados and Virginia during the First World War
• Aboard the Teignmouth Electron, winner-apparent of the round the world yacht race, sighted deserted and drifting