Disasters of the deep - a history of submarine tragedies
Year: 2003 Language: english Author: Gray E. Genre: History Publisher: 2003 ISBN: 0850529875 Format: EPUB Quality: eBook Pages count: 283 Description: First published in 1986 as Few Survived and back by popular demand in a revised and updated edition, this book presents a comprehensive account of every peacetime submarine disaster from 1774 to the sinking of the Kursk in 2000. Noted naval historian Edwyn Gray examines many of the sinkings in considerable detail, analyzing what went wrong and describing attempts to rescue the crew and the vessel. In tandem he traces the development of the submarine from the earliest experimental submersibles of the late eighteenth century to the nuclear powered giants of today. Gray taps the resources of the United States, French Italian, Danish and Japanese navies, as well as the Royal Navy Submarine Museum and German U-Boat archive for this inclusive listing to provide an invaluable reference that also makes absorbing reading. Additional info: About the Author Edwyn Gray, an internationally known British writer on naval subjects, is the author of numerous books, including Nineteenth Century Torpedoes and Their Inventors, Operation Pacific and The Devil's Device.
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Disasters of the deep - a history of submarine tragedies
Language: english
Author: Gray E.
Genre: History
Publisher: 2003
ISBN: 0850529875
Format: EPUB
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 283
Description: First published in 1986 as Few Survived and back by popular demand in a revised and updated edition, this book presents a comprehensive account of every peacetime submarine disaster from 1774 to the sinking of the Kursk in 2000. Noted naval historian Edwyn Gray examines many of the sinkings in considerable detail, analyzing what went wrong and describing attempts to rescue the crew and the vessel. In tandem he traces the development of the submarine from the earliest experimental submersibles of the late eighteenth century to the nuclear powered giants of today. Gray taps the resources of the United States, French Italian, Danish and Japanese navies, as well as the Royal Navy Submarine Museum and German U-Boat archive for this inclusive listing to provide an invaluable reference that also makes absorbing reading.
Additional info: About the Author
Edwyn Gray, an internationally known British writer on naval subjects, is the author of numerous books, including Nineteenth Century Torpedoes and Their Inventors, Operation Pacific and The Devil's Device.
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