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Poseidon : China's secret salvage of Britain's lost submarine /
This book is about the discovery and history of a foreign shipwreck in Chinese waters. In 1931, Royal Navy submarine HMS Poseidon sank in collision with a freighter during routine exercises off the Chinese coast. After it had went down, of the twenty-six crewmen who remained inside, eight attempted...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book is about the discovery and history of a foreign shipwreck in Chinese waters. In 1931, Royal Navy submarine HMS Poseidon sank in collision with a freighter during routine exercises off the Chinese coast. After it had went down, of the twenty-six crewmen who remained inside, eight attempted to surface using an early form of diving equipment. Five of them made it safely to the surface and became heroes. This lively account of the forgotten Poseidon incident tells the story of the accident and its aftermath. The book also offers a historical account of the Interwar Period (1919-1938) for the Royal Navy, for China during the Republican Years, and of the employment of twenty-first century technology to make an original discovery and add an additional, final chapter to the history of a Royal Navy submarine. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 219 pages, 16 pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-214) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789888180943 9888180940 9888208187 9789888208180 |