Cox's navy : salvaging the German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow 1924-1931
Booth, Tony2005
Book
On a mid-summer's day in 1919, the interned German Grand Fleet was scuttled by their crews at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands. This book describes the biggest salvage operation ever undertaken, and the role played by Ernest Cox, a Wolverhampton-born scrap merchant.
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Imprint:
Barnsley : Pen & Sword Maritime, 2005.
Collation:
xvi, 213 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-198) and index.
ISBN:
9781844151813 (hbk)
Dewey class:
627.7030941132A627.703BOO
Language:
English
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BRN:
108017