Автор: Tony Booth
Название: Cox’s Navy: Salvaging The German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow 1924-1931
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1844151816
Язык: Английский
Год: 2005
Формат: PDF
Размер: 53,4 МБ
Кол-во страниц: 246

On mid-Summer's Day 1919 the interned German Grand Fleet was scuttled by their crews at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands despite a Royal Navy guard force. Greatly embarrassed, the Admiralty nevertheless confidently stated that none of the ships would ever be recovered. Had it not been for the drive and ingenuity of one man there is indeed every possibility that they would still be resting on the sea bottom today.