Few Survived: A History of Submarine DisastersPen and Sword, 01.04.1996 - 288 Seiten A revised edition of an account of peacetime submarine disasters from 1774 to the present day, previously published in 1991. Examines the development of the submarine from experimental stages in the late 18th century to the present day, and provides details of all disasters ever reported. |
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The best tradition of the Service | |
They feel very cold | |
Overdue and presumed lost | |
When in doubt dive | |
A trifling mistake | |
Slow torture as well as death | |
Hi fellas Here we are USS Squalus | |
We couldnt open the hatch HMS Thetis | |
Here we go for 14 days survivors leave | |
We are at the north end of Hurd Deep | |
Gertrude Check K | |
Deliver us O Lord | |
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aboard accident Admiralty aircraft attack ballast tanks battery Bauer began boat Bolus bottom bows Brandtaucher breathing Britain British submarine bulkhead buoy buoyancy cable captain chamber Collision Commander compartment compressed air conning-tower control room crew damage deck depth despite destroyer divers diving dockyard DSEA DSRV EDWYN GRAY engine engine-room escape feet of water Fenian Ram finally fire flooded Flotilla Fort Blockhouse French French Navy Gareloch Germany harbour hatch Herbert Holland Holland III Hunley inside the submarine Internal explosion Island Isles of Shoals later Lieutenant Lieutenant-Commander lifting loss lost McCann miles minutes Momsen Naquin naval Navy’s Officer ordered oxygen periscope Portsmouth pressure hull rammed ran aground remained rescue operation Royal Navy Russia Russian sank ship signal sinking Squalus steam stern submarine submarine disasters submarine’s submerged Sunk in error sunken surface survived survivors Thetis Thresher torpedo tubes towed tragedy U-boat underwater valve vessel watertight doors wreck