Lost Subs: From the Hunley to the Kursk, the Greatest Submarines Ever Lost: and Found by Spencer Dunmore is just one of the books that I managed to get listed today! Toronto: Da Capo Press, 2002, Hardback in dust wrapper.
Technical consultant, J. David Perkins. Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Colour Photographs; Colour Drawings; Diagrams; Illustrated endpapers and blanks;
From the cover: In the summer of 2000, the fates of two very different submarines made headlines around the world. On August 8, the Confederate sub H. L. Hunley, sunk 136 years ago during the American Civil War, was raised at Charleston, South Carolina. Four days later, the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk exploded and plunged to the floor of the Barents Sea. Between the stories of these two lost submarines lies most of the history of men and warfare under the seas.
In gripping text and powerful images, Lost Subs chronicles the evolution of the submarine from Robert Fultons early experiments to the famous German U-boats of both world wars; from Imperial Japans I-52 to the Cold War nuclear subs Thresher and Scorpion. Thanks to revolutionary new technology, divers and deep-sea submersibles are giving scientists unprecedented access to these lost subs, and shedding new light on both their creation and their destruction.
With state-of-the-art underwater photography, this definitive illustrated history vividly brings to life an amazing underwater museum. Fascinating cutaway diagrams and a wealth of archival photographs and paintings re-create these vessels in their prime and help answer many of the questions that have surrounded their sinkings. Here is a saga as current as todays headlines, filled with mystery, drama and daring.
Introduction by: Dr. Robert D. Ballard
Very Good in Very Good Dust Wrapper. First blank has a vertical crease where it’s been trapped under the upper board. Text complete, clean and tight otherwise.
Black boards with Silver titling to the Spine.
179 pages. Index. Bibliography. 9¼” x 10¼.
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