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Scylla Reef guideThe Scylla Reef guide is an extensive plan of the superstructure and the decks of Scylla, a former Royal Navy Frigate that was recently placed on the seabed in Whitsand Bay, south east Cornwall. It also includes a wonderful marine life species guide, diving tips, and dive boat information. It is printed in full colour, on Yupo waterproof paper and is not only a useful planning tool but also a great memento of this brilliant dive. All the proceeds from the sales of these items after costs go towards the upkeep of the Scylla Reef for divers and the scientific programmes run by the National Marine Aquarium.
Retail Price: 10.00 Members Price: £7.00
Scapa Flow: From Graveyard to Resurrection - Simon Mills
The original account of the greatest scuttling in naval history by the commander of the interned Imperial German Fleet, Vice Admiral Ludwig von Reuter, written originally in 1921 and freshly translated in its entirety. The introductory narrative sets the scene and gives a simple biography of von Reuter and the odious position in which he found himself at the end of the 1st world war. With no direct contact from his superiors in Berlin, isolated in a British outpost and relying only on hearsay and the biased British newspapers, which by the time he received them were four days old, von Reuter made a courageous decision unique in the history of naval conflict.
The editor, Simon Mills, is already an established author in the field of maritime history, and has enjoyed the close co-operation of the von Reuter family in the preparation of this book. Mills is a maritime historian and qualified diver.
The editor, Simon Mills, is already an established author in the field of maritime history, and has enjoyed the close co-operation of the von Reuter family in the preparation of this book. Mills is a maritime historian and qualified diver.
ISBN 13: 9781899493043
SS Thistlegorm - John Kean
Here for the first time the true story of the Red Sea's greatest ship wreck is now revealed in spectacular detail in John Kean's SS Thistlegorm. Spanning a period of over one hundred years from the origins of Thistle Ships to present day diving on the wreck this explosive new book silences, once and for all, the rumours and speculation surrounding this famous and mysterious dive site that for the last ten years has attracted nearly a quarter of a million visitors from allover the world. Packed full of never-seen-before photography, including the only two pictures known to exist ofThistlegorm on the surface, the book gives living eye-witness accounts of the ship's final hours through a series of exclusive interviews with survivors made by BBC freelance film producer, Caroline Hawkins. The dramatic revelations of these interviews are contained, word for word along with scores of other experiences of life with the wreck during its wilderness years between 1941 and 1990. Even the Bedouin tribesmen have their story told and for the first time their incredible eyewitness accounts of events around Thistlegorm are recorded in print. A moving foreword is given by none other than the Captain's son, Iorwerth Ellis. This amazing story of SS Thistlegorm reads like a fictional novel, however, all of the events and characters in this definitive book are very real. So, sit back and enjoy the most revealing book ever written about the Red Sea's greatest ship wreck.
Here for the first time the true story of the Red Sea's greatest ship wreck is now revealed in spectacular detail in John Kean's SS Thistlegorm. Spanning a period of over one hundred years from the origins of Thistle Ships to present day diving on the wreck this explosive new book silences, once and for all, the rumours and speculation surrounding this famous and mysterious dive site that for the last ten years has attracted nearly a quarter of a million visitors from allover the world. Packed full of never-seen-before photography, including the only two pictures known to exist ofThistlegorm on the surface, the book gives living eye-witness accounts of the ship's final hours through a series of exclusive interviews with survivors made by BBC freelance film producer, Caroline Hawkins. The dramatic revelations of these interviews are contained, word for word along with scores of other experiences of life with the wreck during its wilderness years between 1941 and 1990. Even the Bedouin tribesmen have their story told and for the first time their incredible eyewitness accounts of events around Thistlegorm are recorded in print. A moving foreword is given by none other than the Captain's son, Iorwerth Ellis. This amazing story of SS Thistlegorm reads like a fictional novel, however, all of the events and characters in this definitive book are very real. So, sit back and enjoy the most revealing book ever written about the Red Sea's greatest ship wreck.
ISBN 10: 9771707531
Without Wings - Stephen Burke
'The Story of Hitler's Aircraft Carrier'
A scuba diver since the age of fourteen, Stephen Burke's interest in the history that lies beneath the waves has never waned. Having dived the World War 1 German fleet at Scapa Flow, and many other wrecks around our coast. A discription in a naval encyclopaedia of the German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin grasped his imagination. Recounting (incorrectly) how she was believed to have sunk after hitting a mine in the Gulf of finland, the few lines dedicated to the carrier on that single page of the encylopaedia were enough to ensure several years of research would ensue. Read now, for the first time the complete story of Hitler's aircarft carrier.
ISBN 9781425122164
Price: £10.99
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