Great British shipwrecks : a personal adventure / Rod Macdonald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Macdonald, Rod, 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shipwrecks--Great Britain.

Shipwrecks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Place of Publication:

Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland : Whittles Publishing, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book focuses on 37 of the greatest and best-loved shipwrecks around the UK, complete with beautiful illustrations by renowned marine artist Rob Ward.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Orkney & Scapa Flow; (I) 21 June 1919-The German High Sea Fleet scuttles at Scapa Flow; (II) Salvaging the fleet; (III) The battleships today; (I) SMS König (Battleship-König class); (II) SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm (Battleship-König class); (III) SMS Markgraf (Battleship-König class); (IV) The light cruiser wrecks today; (I) SMS Brummer (Light cruiser, Bremse class); (II) SMS Cöln (II) (Light cruiser, Cöln II class); (III) SMS Dresden (Light cruiser, Cöln class); (IV) SMS Karlsruhe (Light cruiser, Königsberg II class)

(V) The 15-inch gun-turrets of the battleship Bayern(VI) The Icelandic trawler James Barrie; (VII) The escort vessel F2 & the salvage barge YC21; (VIII) The boom-defence vessel HMT Strathgarry; (IX) The armoured cruiser HMS Hampshire; 2. English Channel; (I) The P&O passenger liner Moldavia, Littlehampton, West Sussex; (II) The Cunard liner RMS Alaunia I, Hastings, East Sussex; (III) The P&O liner Salsette, Lyme Bay, Dorset; (IV) The submarine HMS/M M2, Lyme Bay, Dorset; (V) The battleship HMS hood, Portland Harbour, Dorset; (VI) SS Maine, Salcombe, South Devon

(VII) SS Bretagne, Babbacombe Bay, East Devon(VIII) SS Kyarra, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset; (IX) The US Liberty ship James Eagan Layne, Whitsand Bay, Cornwall; 3. The North Channel, Irish Sea; (I) The White Star liner Justicia, Malin Head; (II) HMS Audacious, Malin Head; (III) SS Empire Heritage, Malin Head; 4. West Coast of Scotland; (I) SS Shuna, Sound of Mull; (II) SS Thesis, Sound of Mull; (III) SS Hispania, Sound of Mull; (IV) SS Rondo, Sound of Mull; (V) SS Breda, Oban; (VI) MV Akka, Firth of Clyde; (VII) SS Wallachia, Firth of Clyde; (VIII) HMS Port Napier, Lochalsh, Skye; 5. North Sea

(I) MS Taurus (III), Inverbervie(II) SS Fram, Aberdour Bay, Moray Firth; (III) The tanker San Turbico, Tarbat Ness, Moray Firth; (IV) HMS Pathfinder, Firth of Forth; (V) SS Mongolian, Filey Bay, Yorkshire

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-84995-201-9