- Hardcover: 178 pages
- Publisher: Mainstream Publishing; illustrated edition edition (20 Mar 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1840185708
- ISBN-13: 978-1840185706
- Product Dimensions: 24 x 17 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 512,003 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This volume focuses in detail on 12 of England's most famous wrecks, with a separate chapter dedicated to each. Every chapter features: information on the life and history of each ship, its construction and the highlights of its career; a cutaway sketch showing the depths to the highest and deepest parts of each wreck; a specially commissioned painting of each wreck as it lies on the seabed today by marine artist Rob Ward; illustrations where appropriate using archive material and underwater photographs; and an essential information panel which provides a summary of important details for divers, including depths, currents, visibility, launching, local conditions and the nearest compression facility. This book is a companion for any wreck diver interested in exploring England's most exciting shipwrecks. Those featured include the SS Salsette in Weymouth, arguably England's most famous shipwreck, the SS Kyarra in Dorset and the Piludski, Yorkshire's biggest shipwreck.
About the Author
Rod Macdonald is a lawyer and is the author of the bestselling Mainstream titles Dive Scapa Flow, now in its third edition, and Dive Scotland's Greatest Wrecks, now in its second edition. He specialised in wreck diving research and has written for most international diving publications. He lives in Stonehaven with his wfe and two daughters.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Having already reviewed two other works from this author, I am pleased to say he has yet to disappoint me. In fact my only criticism of this work is that I found his various definitions of different tonnages (gross, net, deadweight etc) a little confusing. That, however, is trivia.
Leaving that to one side, in this work, Rod Macdonald has put together a very professional guide to 10 of what he regards as the best shipwrecks found off the coast of England. In the order in which they appear, they are; the Salsette (regarded by many as "the" most outstanding of all British shipwrecks), HMS Hood, HM Submarine M2, Kyarra, Maine, Bretagne, James Eagan Layne, Moldavia, RMA Alaunia and the Mongolian.
As I read the text for each wreck, I found myself mentally comparing this author's style of writing and the amount of detail he includes with my own approach and there is no doubt that this is yet another complete work. In short, if you are about to dive any of the 10 shipwrecks mentioned above, this book will provide as complete an appraisal of those vessels as any other I have encountered. For that reason, this work is thoroughly recommended.
Complete with diving details, depths and positions, the main content is in black and white with the inclusion of a number of historic photos and occasional paintings. In the centre of the book, however, are 8 pages containing 10 colour images painted by the author. The quality of these images is exceedingly good and I would dearly love to see a lot more of this very professional artwork which is clearly an overlooked aspect of this author's overall skill set.
NM
Leaving that to one side, in this work, Rod Macdonald has put together a very professional guide to 10 of what he regards as the best shipwrecks found off the coast of England. In the order in which they appear, they are; the Salsette (regarded by many as "the" most outstanding of all British shipwrecks), HMS Hood, HM Submarine M2, Kyarra, Maine, Bretagne, James Eagan Layne, Moldavia, RMA Alaunia and the Mongolian.
As I read the text for each wreck, I found myself mentally comparing this author's style of writing and the amount of detail he includes with my own approach and there is no doubt that this is yet another complete work. In short, if you are about to dive any of the 10 shipwrecks mentioned above, this book will provide as complete an appraisal of those vessels as any other I have encountered. For that reason, this work is thoroughly recommended.
Complete with diving details, depths and positions, the main content is in black and white with the inclusion of a number of historic photos and occasional paintings. In the centre of the book, however, are 8 pages containing 10 colour images painted by the author. The quality of these images is exceedingly good and I would dearly love to see a lot more of this very professional artwork which is clearly an overlooked aspect of this author's overall skill set.
NM
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Another complete work from this author.
7 Oct 2011
Format:Hardcover
Having already reviewed two other works from this author, I am pleased to say he has yet to disappoint me. In fact my only criticism of this work is that I found his various definitions of different tonnages (gross, net, deadweight etc) a little confusing. That, however, is trivia.
Leaving that to one side, in this work, Rod Macdonald has put together a very professional guide to 10 of what he regards as the best shipwrecks found off the coast of England. In the order in which they appear, they are; the Salsette (regarded by many as "the" most outstanding of all British shipwrecks), HMS Hood, HM Submarine M2, Kyarra, Maine, Bretagne, James Eagan Layne, Moldavia, RMA Alaunia and the Mongolian.
As I read the text for each wreck, I found myself mentally comparing this author's style of writing and the amount of detail he includes with my own approach and there is no doubt that this is yet another complete work. In short, if you are about to dive any of the 10 shipwrecks mentioned above, this book will provide as complete an appraisal of those vessels as any other I have encountered. For that reason, this work is thoroughly recommended.
Complete with diving details, depths and positions, the main content is in black and white with the inclusion of a number of historic photos and occasional paintings. In the centre of the book, however, are 8 pages containing 10 colour images painted by the author. The quality of these images is exceedingly good and I would dearly love to see a lot more of this very professional artwork which is clearly an overlooked aspect of this author's overall skill set.
NM
Leaving that to one side, in this work, Rod Macdonald has put together a very professional guide to 10 of what he regards as the best shipwrecks found off the coast of England. In the order in which they appear, they are; the Salsette (regarded by many as "the" most outstanding of all British shipwrecks), HMS Hood, HM Submarine M2, Kyarra, Maine, Bretagne, James Eagan Layne, Moldavia, RMA Alaunia and the Mongolian.
As I read the text for each wreck, I found myself mentally comparing this author's style of writing and the amount of detail he includes with my own approach and there is no doubt that this is yet another complete work. In short, if you are about to dive any of the 10 shipwrecks mentioned above, this book will provide as complete an appraisal of those vessels as any other I have encountered. For that reason, this work is thoroughly recommended.
Complete with diving details, depths and positions, the main content is in black and white with the inclusion of a number of historic photos and occasional paintings. In the centre of the book, however, are 8 pages containing 10 colour images painted by the author. The quality of these images is exceedingly good and I would dearly love to see a lot more of this very professional artwork which is clearly an overlooked aspect of this author's overall skill set.
NM
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