Disasters of the Deep. A comprehensive survey of submarine accidents and disasters

book summary

When originally published in 1986 as Few Survived, this book was the first complete record of submarine accidents. Sadly, since then there have been a number of further fatal disasters which now necessitate an updated and revised edition.
Disasters of the Deep is very far from being merely a list of what was lost where, when and why, examines the most important incidents in considerable detail, analysing what went wrong and describing the attempts made at rescuing the crew and/or the vessel.
CONTENTS:
'Give us air!'
'Into perpetual night'
'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 couldn't open the hatch.' (HMS Thetis)
'Here we go for 14 days survivor's leave.'
'We are at the north en of Hurd Deep'
'Gertrude... Check K.'
'Don't lose hope!'
Affray, the last word
'Deliver us, O Lord.'
Appendices:
- Pioneer and experimental submarines lost before 1 January 1900
- Naval submarines lost by accident or error since 1900
- Submarine losses from 1 January 1900 to 31 July 1914
- Submarine losses from 1 August 1914 to 11 November 1918
- Submarine losses from 12 November 1918 to 31 August 1939
- Submarine losses from 1 September 1939 to 2 September 1945
- 3 September 1945 to 31 December 2001
- World Submarine losses
Index