Books like Ship of gold in the deep blue sea by Gary Kinder

A magical drama of a stranded duke who uses illusion and a storm to redeem his brother, liberate his daughter, and unite kingdoms on a remote island.

In Dan Simmons’ chilling historical adventure, the Franklin expedition’s steamships Terror and Erebus are trapped in the Arctic for two years, where crew face starvation, mutiny, and a nameless terror lurking in the ice.

Nathaniel Philbrick's 2000 National Book Award winner chronicles the harrowing ordeal of the Essex whale ship crew that survived a near-sinking and subsequent harrowing journey on the ocean's surface.

A Swiss family cast ashore on a tropical island must learn to survive while the father guides his four sons on adventures that impart moral lessons, practical skills and knowledge of nature.

Phillip's Blind and Timothy's Compass: The Cay

Three teenage boys are shipwrecked on a Pacific island and must survive rival Polynesian war parties, pirates, and the challenges of island life before they sail home in a stolen pirate ship.

"Violet Jessop was probably the only rescued person with a toothbrush after the Britannic struck a mine and sank. But then she had been on the Titanic four years earlier and remembered what she had missed...". "In 1934, she wrote her memoirs. After a childhood in Argentina and formative years in England, she became a stewardees aboard a variety of passenger ships. She was there when Titanic sideswiped the iceberg and sank; four years later, she was a wartime nurse aboard the hospital ship Britannic. Service with the White Star Line put her literally in harm's way, at the center of two epic maritime disasters. Her life was saved on the Titanic because an officer asked her to get into a lifeboat so non-English speaking emigrants would follow her example.". "But apart from these historically significant occasions, there is much, much more. Few, if any, ocean liner stewardesses ever wrote their memoirs; hence, Violet Jessop's life story is doubly valuable - one of a kind as well a articulate, authoritative and informative. From her unique vantage point, whether in pantry or glory hole, on deck or in a lifeboat, we are suddenly privy to below-stairs life aboard the great ocean liners."--BOOK JACKET.

In the 1740s, the brigantine Wager, separated from Commodore Anson’s squadron, is wrecked off Cape Horn; its crew survives a harsh ordeal on the coast of Chile before reaching Valparaíso.

On January 25, 1917, HMS Laurentic struck two German mines off the coast of Ireland and sank. The ship was carrying 44 tons of gold bullion to the still-neutral United States via Canada in order to finance the war effort for Britain and its allies. Britain desperately needed that sunken treasure, but any salvage had to be secret since the British government dared not alert the Germans to the presence of the gold. Lieutenant Commander Guybon Damant was the most qualified officer to head the risky mission. Wild gales battered the wreck into the shape of an accordion, turning the operation into a multiyear struggle of man versus nature. As the war raged on, Damant was called off the salvage to lead a team of covert divers to investigate and search through the contents of recently sunk U-boats for ciphers, minefield schematics, and other secrets. The information they obtained, once in the hands of British intelligence, proved critical toward Allied efforts to defeat the U-boats and win the war. But Damant had become obsessed with completing his long-deferred mission. His team struggled for five more years as it became apparent that the work could only be accomplished by muscle, grit, and persistence. Using newly discovered sources, author Joseph A. Williams provides the first full-length account of the quest for the Laurentic's gold. More than an incredible story about undersea diving adventure, The Sunken Gold is a story of human persistence, bravery, and patriotism.

Four teenagers—Jane, Buzz, Carter, and Vanessa—are stranded after a tropical storm destroys their boat. Together they must learn wilderness survival skills, build shelter, and work as a team to stay alive on a deserted island.

In 1884 the yacht Mignonette sinks off West Africa, leaving four men adrift in a tin‑tied dinghy; after survival cannibalism they are tried for murder in a sensational court case that shocked Victorian society.

An engaging, fact‑packed guide for young readers that explores every aspect of the Titanic—from its design and voyage to its tragic sinking and lasting mysteries.