This volume focuses in detail on 12 of England's most famous wrecks, with a separate chapter dedicated to each. Every chapter features: information on the life and history of each ship, its construction and the highlights of its career; a cutaway sketch showing the depths to the highest and deepest parts of each wreck; a specially commissioned painting of each wreck as it lies on the seabed today by marine artist Rob Ward; illustrations where appropriate using archive material and underwater photographs; and an essential information panel which provides a summary of important details for divers, including depths, currents, visibility, launching, local conditions and the nearest compression facility. This book is a companion for any wreck diver interested in exploring England's most exciting shipwrecks. Those featured include the SS Salsette in Weymouth, arguably England's most famous shipwreck, the SS Kyarra in Dorset and the Piludski, Yorkshire's biggest shipwreck.
Rod Macdonald is a lawyer and is the author of the bestselling Mainstream titles Dive Scapa Flow, now in its third edition, and Dive Scotland's Greatest Wrecks, now in its second edition. He specialised in wreck diving research and has written for most international diving publications. He lives in Stonehaven with his wfe and two daughters.
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Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Hardback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Nº de ref. del artículo: GOR002001871
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Librería: The Blue Penguin, FRODSHAM, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. First Edition. Glazed boards, pp.169, col and bw plates, ills. Ten shipwreck dives around the English coast described, including the Salsette off Weymouth, HMS Hood and the submarine M2 off Portland. Fine copy Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Nº de ref. del artículo: 004585
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Librería: PASCALE'S BOOKS, NORTH READING, MA, Estados Unidos de America
Hard Cover. Condición: Fine. 169 pages, illustrated in b&w. This book "is the perfect companion for any diver interested in exploring England's most exciting shipwrecks, preserved as time capsules of an era of sea power and majesty that has now passed into the history book. Along with the histoy of each vessel and the dramatic account of how it was wrecked, there is essential diver information detailing how the wreck lies today, along with depths, tides and other points of interst." FINE HARDCOVER. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Nº de ref. del artículo: 028384
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