Download or read book The Wreck of the Serica written by Valerie Cottle and published by . This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December 1867, Captain Thomas Cubbin, a master mariner from the Isle of Man, set out in the barque Serica, bound for Aden with a cargo of coal. 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.