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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1 Give us air | 1 |
2 Into perpetual night | 18 |
3 The best tradition of the Service | 37 |
4 They feel very cold | 57 |
5 Overdue and presumed lost | 74 |
6 When in doubt dive | 91 |
7 A trifling mistake | 103 |
8 Slow torture as well as death | 119 |
12 We are at the north end of Hurd Deep | 191 |
13 Gertrude Check K | 206 |
14 Deliver us O Lord | 230 |
Appendix 1 Pioneer submarine disasters 17741899 | 240 |
Appendix 2 Submarine disasters 19001985 | 242 |
Appendix 3 Selected accidents 19001985 | 256 |
Appendix 4 Analysis of losses World War I | 258 |
Appendix 5 Analysis of losses World War II | 259 |
9 Hi fellas Here we are USS Squalus | 138 |
10 We couldnt open the hatch HMS Thetis | 154 |
11 Here we go for 14 days survivors leave | 172 |
Appendix 6 Summary of all submarine losses 17741984 | 260 |
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aboard accident Admiralty aircraft attack ballast tanks Baltic battery Bauer began boat Bolus bottom bows Brandtaucher Britain British submarine bulkhead buoy buoyancy cable captain casualties chamber Collision Commander compartment compressed air control room crew 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 France French French Navy Gareloch Germany H.L. Hunley harbour Herbert Holland Holland III Hunley inside the submarine Internal explosion Island later Lieutenant Lieutenant-Commander lifting located 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 sank ship signal sinking Squalus steam stern submarine submarine disasters submarine's submerged Sunk in error sunken surface survived survivors Thetis Thresher torpedo tubes tragedy U-boat underwater valve vessel watertight doors wreck