I read “In the Heart of the Sea” a few years ago and enjoyed it. I just finished another shipwreck novel based on a true story: “Boon Island” by Kenneth Roberts written in 1956. He knows how to tell a rip roaring good tale. This one takes place in England, at sea, and then on Boon Island off the coast of Maine in 1710.
Have you read “The Sea Wolf” by Jack London? A really great read!