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Cox´s Navy: Salvaging the German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow 1924-1931
Tony Booth
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Description for Cox´s Navy: Salvaging the German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow 1924-1931
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16PP b&W. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTM; HBWN; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
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.Cox's Navy tells the incredible true story of Ernest Cox, a Wolverhampton-born scrap merchant, who, despite having no previous experience, led the biggest salvage operation in history to ... Read more
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.Cox's Navy tells the incredible true story of Ernest Cox, a Wolverhampton-born scrap merchant, who, despite having no previous experience, led the biggest salvage operation in history to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848845527
SKU
V9781848845527
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About Tony Booth
Tony Booth and Len Deighton are authors and historians.
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