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Author Schwankert, Steven, author.

Title Poseidon : China's secret salvage of Britain's lost submarine / Steven R. Schwankert.

Publication Info. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 219 pages, 16 pages of plates) : illustrations
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-214) and index.
Contents Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Notes on Measurements and Romanization; The Sea King; Introduction; 1. Hallowed Be Thy Name; 2. The Men and the Boat; 3. "This Most Absolutely Forgotten of Imperial Outposts"; 4. Bad Judgment in Good Visibility; 5. Escape; 6. Hews and Ho; 7. "A Damned Lie"; 8. The Court of Enquiry and Court-Martial; 9. Aftermath and Legacy; 10. A Search Begins; 11. London and Portsmouth; 12. More Than Just the World Cup; Plates; 13. London Again; 14. The Rosetta Stone; 15. The Salvage; 16. Finding the Graves; 17. On Eternal Patrol; Appendix; Notes; References; Index.
Summary This book is the first of its kind about the discovery and history of a foreign shipwreck in Chinese waters. In 1931, Royal Navy submarine HMS Poseidon sank in collision with a freighter during routine exercises off the Chinese coast. After it had went down, of the twenty-six crewmen who remained inside, eight attempted to surface using an early form of diving equipment. Five of them made it safely to the surface and became heroes. This lively account of the forgotten Poseidon incident tells the story of the accident and its aftermath, and takes a thorough look at the history of the Interwar P.
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Subject Shipwrecks -- Yellow Sea.
Shipwrecks.
Yellow Sea.
Collisions at sea -- Yellow Sea.
Collisions at sea.
Submarines (Ships) -- Salvaging -- Yellow Sea.
Submarines (Ships) -- Salvaging.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author UPSO eCollections (University Press Scholarship Online). MaRLi UPSO 2014.
Other Form: Print version: Schwankert, Steven. Poseidon. 9789888208180
ISBN 9789888180943 (electronic book)
9888180940 (electronic book)
9888208187
9789888208180
9789888208180 (hardcover)