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Royal Navy submarine HMS Poseidon sank in collision with a freighter during routine exercises in 1931 off the Chinese coast. Thirty of its fifty-six-man crew scrambled out of the hatches as it went down. Of...
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20 October 2013

Price: £30.00
Pages: 219
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Imprint: Hong Kong University Press
Publication Date:
20 October 2013
Trim Size: 9.33 X 6.31 in
ISBN: 9789888208180
Format: Hardcover
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"Schwankert's tale of a lost submarine, its discovery and secret salvage by the Chinese is a compelling, real-life expos�. Exciting, suspenseful, filled with intrigue, Poseidon is a must-read to set lost history on the track to truth." --Clive Cussler, aut
"Poseidon is an excellent account of a fascinating episode in naval history. I highly recommend this superb book." --Alex Kershaw, author of Escape from the Deep and The Liberator
"Poseidon is the gripping story of the dramatic final moments of a British submarine--the survivors' compelling story and the awful fate of those trapped inside. But Poseidon is also the story of Schwankert's dogged quest and maritime detective work to unc
"Poseidon is an excellent account of a fascinating episode in naval history. I highly recommend this superb book." --Alex Kershaw, author of Escape from the Deep and The Liberator
"Poseidon is the gripping story of the dramatic final moments of a British submarine--the survivors' compelling story and the awful fate of those trapped inside. But Poseidon is also the story of Schwankert's dogged quest and maritime detective work to unc
Steven R. Schwankert is an editor and award-winning reporter with seventeen years of experience in Greater China. He is the Asia chapter chair of The Explorers Club, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and founder of SinoScuba, Beijing's first professional scuba-diving operator. In 2007, he led the first ever scientific expedition to dive Mongolia's Lake Khovsgol. He regularly guides divers to the Underwater Great Wall and a Ming-dynasty city that lies beneath a lake in China's Zhejiang Province.