Few Survived: a History of Submarine Disasters

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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Author's Note -- 1 'Give us air!' -- 2 'Into perpetual night.' -- 3 'The best tradition of the Service.' -- 4 'They feel very cold.' -- 5 'Overdue and presumed lost.' -- 6 'When in doubt -- dive!' -- 7 'A trifling mistake ... ' -- 8 'Slow torture as well as death.' -- 9 'Hi, fellas. Here we are.' (USS Squalus) -- 10 'We couldn't open the hatch.' (HMS Thetis) -- 11 'Here we go for 14 days survivor's leave.' -- 12 'We are at the north end of Hurd Deep.' -- 13 'Gertrude ... Check K.' -- 14 'Deliver us, O Lord .. .';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. Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Author's Note -- 1 'Give us air!' -- 2 'Into perpetual night.' -- 3 'The best tradition of the Service.' -- 4 'They feel very cold.' -- 5 'Overdue and presumed lost.' -- 6 'When in doubt -- dive!' -- 7 'A trifling mistake ... ' -- 8 'Slow torture as well as death.' -- 9 'Hi, fellas. Here we are.' (USS Squalus) -- 10 'We couldn't open the hatch.' (HMS Thetis) -- 11 'Here we go for 14 days survivor's leave.' -- 12 'We are at the north end of Hurd Deep.' -- 13 'Gertrude ... Check K.' -- 14 'Deliver us, O Lord .. .' Appendix 1 Pioneer submarine disasters. 1774-1899 -- Appendix 2 Submarine disasters. 1900-1985 -- Appendix 3 Selected accidents. 1900-1985 -- Appendix 4 Analysis of losses World War I. -- Appendix 5 Analysis of losses World War II. -- Appendix 6 Summary of all submarine losses. 1774-1984. -- Index.