| Description |
178 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 x 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 174) and index. |
| Contents |
The silent service -- August 12, 2000 : the final moments aboard the Russian Navy's nuclear submarine Kurst -- The birth of the submarine : A brief history of early subs, including the Turtle and the Nautilus -- The first underwater weapon of war : the American Confederate sub H.L. Hunley -- The submarine comes of age : the influence of John Holland on submarine design -- Battle under the sea : the submarine has now become a forbidable weapon, as Germany's U-boats prove during the First World War -- Lost in peace : two submarine tragedies, the US Navy's Squalus and the Royal Navy's Thetis, dominate peacetime headlines -- The U-boat war : Germany revolutionizes the way submarines are used in combat -- A casualty of the Cold War : a tiny piece of aluminum foil spells disaster for the US Navy's nuclear submarine Scorpion -- Disaster under the Barents Sea : the tragic story of the Kursk -- For those in peril. |
| Subject |
Submarine disasters.
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Submarine disasters -- History.
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Submarines (Ships)
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| Added Title |
Greatest submarines ever lost, and found |
| ISBN |
0306811405 |
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