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Maritime Archaeology of a Modern Conflict
Comparing the Archaeology of German Submarine Wrecks to the Historical Text
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
647 kr
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Over the last 30 years, hydrographical marine surveys in the English Channel helped uncover the potential wreck sites of German submarines, or U-boats, sunk during the conflicts of World War I and World War II. Through a series of systemic dives, nautical archaeologist and historian Innes McCartney surveyed and recorded these wrecks, discovering that the distribution and number of wrecks conflicted with the published histories of U-boat losses. Of all the U-boat war losses in the Channel, McCartney found that some 41% were heretofore unaccounted for in the historical literature of World War I and World War II. This book reconciles these inaccuracies with the archaeological record by presenting case studies of a number of dives conducted in the English Channel. Using empirical evidence, this book investigates possible reasons historical inconsistencies persist and what Allied operational and intelligence-based processes caused them to occur in the first place. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers in the fields of nautical archaeology and naval history, as well as wreck explorers.
Maritime Archaeology of a Modern Conflict
Comparing the Archaeology of German Submarine Wrecks to the Historical Text
Inbunden, Engelska, 2014
2 232 kr
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Over the last 30 years, hydrographical marine surveys in the English Channel helped uncover the potential wreck sites of German submarines, or U-boats, sunk during the conflicts of World War I and World War II. Through a series of systemic dives, nautical archaeologist and historian Innes McCartney surveyed and recorded these wrecks, discovering that the distribution and number of wrecks conflicted with the published histories of U-boat losses. Of all the U-boat war losses in the Channel, McCartney found that some 41% were heretofore unaccounted for in the historical literature of World War I and World War II. This book reconciles these inaccuracies with the archaeological record by presenting case studies of a number of dives conducted in the English Channel. Using empirical evidence, this book investigates possible reasons historical inconsistencies persist and what Allied operational and intelligence-based processes caused them to occur in the first place. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers in the fields of nautical archaeology and naval history, as well as wreck explorers.
153 kr
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The submarine was the invisible but formidable weapon of the Royal Navy during World War II. This book examines the three major classes - 'S', 'T' and 'U' - detailing their design, development and modification. The major submarine engagements of the war are recounted, including the Norwegian campaign, the battle of Malta in March 1942, Operation Pedestal, and many other engagements in all theatres between the British subs, German U-Boats and Japanese subs. Using many previously unpublished sources and his own extensive underwater explorations, Innes McCartney gives a highly detailed account of the British submarine.
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As the major powers engaged in an arms race in the early years of the 20th century, the Admiralty was tasked with developing that deadly stalker of the high seas - the submarine. In 1905, briefed with creating a vessel that could be employed on an enemy's coastline, the Admiralty took several technological leaps forward to match the German revolutionary vessels. Several classes were launched but the most successful was the E-Class, which were built in 1914 and would prove to be the supreme British submarines of the war. In operations it was the most successful British submarine class in actions against enemy warships, which included the destruction of one battleship, three cruisers and five U-boats. Three E-Class commanders were to win the Victoria Cross - Britain's highest award for gallantry.Submarine operations were particularly successful in the Baltics. Here the British fleet could not operate safely - the waters were dangerous, heavily mined and there were no bases. However, for British submarines operating out of Russia this was a happy hunting ground.Although only a total of six were permanently stationed here, they did a disproportionately high amount of damage to the enemy than their more numerous counterparts in the North Sea. Ironically, another area of remarkable success was the Dardanelles which is generally associated with a colossal Allied loss. Despite the difficult conditions of enemy minefields, torpedoes and searchlights; British submarines valiantly attacked and harassed the Turkish supply effort.Another type of submarine - the K-Class - was developed purely for operations against Germany's rival U-boats. Playing a dangerous game of 'hunt the hunter', K-Class submarines were deployed in known U-boat transit routes, in their patrol areas and outside their bases. A total of thirteen U-boats were subsequently sunk in a year. Famously two British submarines succeeded in stalking and sinking two German U-boats within the English Channel proving the vital contribution submarines made to the Home Fleet. Discover the exceedingly dangerous world of early submarine warfare as the Admiralty, under intense pressure, developed a number of submarine classes to attack and harass rival navies both in home waters and abroad.