Disasters of the Deep : a Comprehensive Survey of Submarine Accidents & Disasters
This is the fully revised and updated edition of the first comprehensive account of every peacetime submarine disaster from 1774 to the present day. By examining many of the sinkings in considerable detail, analysing what went wrong and describing attempts made to rescue the crew and vessel, Edwyn Gray traces the development of the submarine
History
1 online resource (333 pages)
9781783834334, 9781473813656, 1783834331, 1473813654
881161982
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Author's Note; 1 'Give us air!'; 2 'Into perpetual night.'; 3 'The best tradition of the Service.'; 4 'They feel very cold.'; 5 'Overdue and presumed lost.'; 6 'When in doubt
dive!'; 7 'A trifling mistake ... '; 8 'Slow torture as well as death.'; 9 'Hi, fellas. Here we are.' (USS Squalus); 10 'We couldn't open the hatch.' (HMS Thetis); 11 'Here we go for 14 days survivor's leave.'; 12 'We are at the north end of Hurd Deep.'; 13 'Gertrude ... Check K.'; 14 'Don't lose hope!'; 15 Affray, the last word; 16 'Deliver us, O Lord.'; Appendices. 1 Pioneer and experimental submarineslost before 1 January 19002 Naval submarines lost by accident or error since 1900; 3 Submarine losses from I January 1900 to 31 July 1914; 4 Submarine losses from 1 August 1914 to 11 November 1918; 5 Submarine losses from 12 November 1918 to 31 August 1939; 6 Submarine losses from 1 September 1939 to 2 September 1945; 7 3 September 1945 to 31 December 2001; 8 World Submarine losses; Index