Submarines

The X- and XE-Class submarines were conceived during the Second World War: around 51ft (16m) long, they were designed to be towed by a 'mother' submarine and use their small size to complete stealth missions, such as attacking harbours and performing...

__________________________Adventure, ingenuity, courage and disaster beneath the sea: the remarkable reality of Cold War submarine warfareIn Blind Mans Bluff, veteran investigative journalist Sherry Sontag and award-winning New York Times reporter...

September 1, 1985. The RMS Titanic, which has been missing since April 15, 1912, is found in the North Atlantic where it lies at a depth of 3,821 metres. Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a commander in the French Navy, directed underwater research of part of many...

'One of the finest memoirs published in recent years.' Dan Jones 'An utterly fascinating and wonderfully detailed insight into the hidden world of the modern submarine.' James Holland A candid, visceral, and incredibly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998541679Author Mark H GlissmeyerFormat HardbackPage Count 162Imprint Gradina BooksPublisher Gradina BooksWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Filled with almost unbearable tension and excitement, DAS BOOT is one of the best stories ever written about war, a supreme novel of the Second World War and an acclaimed film and TV drama.It is autumn 1941 and a German U-boat commander and his crew set...

The success of German submarines during the First World War in almost cutting off Britain's vital imports had not been forgotten by Adolf Hitler and when, in March 1935, he repudiated the Treaty of Versailles, Britain, magnanimously, signed up to an...

One of the great untold stories of the British services is that of the Royal Navy Submarine Service which entered the fray in World War I with 100 underwater craft. Through World War II, where submariners' prospects of returning safely from a mission...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425183007Author Tom ClancyFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 210gDimensions(mm) 172mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550179200Author Vickie JensenFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Harbour PublishingPublisher Harbour Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939438461Author William Guy CarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Dauphin PublicationsPublisher Dauphin PublicationsWeight(grams) 318g

Sea Devils is a compelling account of pioneer submariners and their astonishing underwater contraptions. Some made perilous voyages. Others sank like stones. Craft were propelled by muscle-power or had steam engines with chimneys. Some had wheels to...