Thomas Cubbin master mariner and the wreck of the Serica : Cubbin's own account of the 1868 tragedy with an historical foreword by Valerie Cottle /Valerie Cottle.

"In December 1867 Captain Thomas Cubbin, a master mariner from the Isle of Man, set out from Liverpool in the barque 'Serica', bound for Aden with a cargo of coal. With him on board were his wife Mary, and their two young sons, and a crew of fourteen men and boys. In the Indian Ocean three months later the Serica encountered one of the most terrifying hurricanes ever recorded. What followed is a story of tragedy, adventure and extraordinary courage."--Back cover.