Author: Neil McCart
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781901225044
Category : Aircraft carriers
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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Author: Don Everitt
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 9781557504678
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Only today's atomic submarines have outstripped the fabulous twin-funneled K boats--the biggest, fastest submarines of World War I. But no other class of warship suffered so much calamity and controversy. Authorized by Churchill, these steam-powered submarines were the best-concealed debacle in British naval history. Their crews called themselves the suicide club and in this authoritative documentary their story is vividly reconstructed. Built secretly to meet a threat that existed only in the minds of the flag officers, the so-called "submersible destroyers" suffered an unprecedented series of accidents from the day they began their trials. Six sank with an appalling death toll. The forty-seven men of K 13 were luckier. They were rescued after fifty-seven hours trapped underwater. During the Battle of May Island when British ships carved through their own K flotillas one night, two K boats sank, two were crippled, and a cruiser lost her bows. Then there was the mysterious disappearance of K 5 in the Atlantic. All told, not one K boat escaped. The product of two years' research, this fascinating book looks for answers to what went wrong during the series of dreadful mishaps described.

Author: Chris Oxlade
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780752546926
Category : Children's questions and answers
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Answers 31 different questions about various boats and submarines.