Poseidon : China's secret salvage of Britain's lost submarine /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schwankert, Steven (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: UPSO eCollections (University Press Scholarship Online)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2014]
Temas:
Shipwrecks > Yellow Sea.
Collisions at sea > Yellow Sea.
Submarines (Ships) > Salvaging > Yellow Sea.
Naufrages > Jaune, Mer.
Abordage (Droit maritime) > Jaune, Mer.
Sous-marins > Sauvetage > Jaune, Mer.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Field Sports.
HISTORY > Military > Naval.
Collisions at sea.
Shipwrecks.
Submarines (Ships) > Salvaging.
Yellow Sea.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Note on measurements and Romanization
  • Poseidon : "The sea king" (poem)
  • Introduction
  • Hallowed be thy name
  • The men and the boat
  • "This most absolutely forgotten of imperial outposts"
  • Bad judgment in good visibility
  • Escape
  • Hews and ho
  • "A damned lie"
  • The Court of Enquiry and court-martial
  • Aftermath and legacy
  • A search begins
  • London and Portsmouth
  • More than just the World Cup
  • London again
  • The Rosetta Stone
  • The salvage
  • Finding the graves
  • On eternal patrol
  • Appendix : HMS Poseidon officers and crew.

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