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...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press,
[2014]
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.