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This new book is a very much improved and updated edition of the successful previous edition, "Shipwrecks of the Forth", and benefits hugely from the vast amount of vital new information gleaned by the author during 15 years of painstaking research. Each wreck is listed by area with details of position, history and fate. The text is accompanied by maps and charts and illustrated with many dramatic photographs. As a result of this meticulous work, exciting discoveries and recoveries such as ships' bells and pottery have been made by divers, allowing them to confirm identities of previously unknown wrecks.In addition to first-hand local knowledge of fishermen, coastguards, lifeboat men and divers, the author has consulted primary sources including official records from the Admiralty and Lloyds, official German U-boat records and Norwegian, Swedish and Danish records. Many vessels were lost due to running aground or collisions but the vast majority of shipwrecks immediately surrounding our coasts resulted from military activities during the First and Second World War. As such this aspect of the book provides significant historical interest for readers.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
On the one hand, this book is a triumph of research and dedication as it reveals the facts about the loss of some 300 ships and other craft within a given geographical area of the UK and, as such, will prove to be an invaluable asset to all scuba divers and others who seek to learn more about these vessels and their history. It is a book from which most will learn a great deal about GPS positions, the compass, the sweeping of wrecks and even how different tonnages are described - and all that by page 5! On the other hand, the work also provides a curious dichotomy because, generally speaking it not well written and I am surprised the publishers did not seek to rewrite several passages. That failing, however, will only marginally spoil the enjoyment of the product for a minority and does not reduce the book's overall value in any way.
I had not previously heard of author Bob Baird but soon realised his was a name with which I should have been familiar - if only because he knows what he is talking about "and" on a subject which is dear to my heart. Throughout the entire work he continually reveals the names of all his sources and of those responsible for earlier research and discovery. As an example, on the one hand he includes details from distinguished shipwreck historians such as Ron Young and on the other he dismisses incorrect information provided by the discredited Peter Collings.
When detail such as; "This wreck was first located in 1959 by the survey ship HMS Scott" (The Stella page 96) is added to records from various newspapers, other publications and the personal accounts of individual divers, one comes to realise that this book is not only a complete triumph of personal dedication and research - but also of having painstakingly cross-checked all that information.
For those with a passion for the shipwrecks within the geographical area covered by this work, I doubt a better book will ever be published and I congratulate the author on his attention to detail and painstaking research.
NM
I had not previously heard of author Bob Baird but soon realised his was a name with which I should have been familiar - if only because he knows what he is talking about "and" on a subject which is dear to my heart. Throughout the entire work he continually reveals the names of all his sources and of those responsible for earlier research and discovery. As an example, on the one hand he includes details from distinguished shipwreck historians such as Ron Young and on the other he dismisses incorrect information provided by the discredited Peter Collings.
When detail such as; "This wreck was first located in 1959 by the survey ship HMS Scott" (The Stella page 96) is added to records from various newspapers, other publications and the personal accounts of individual divers, one comes to realise that this book is not only a complete triumph of personal dedication and research - but also of having painstakingly cross-checked all that information.
For those with a passion for the shipwrecks within the geographical area covered by this work, I doubt a better book will ever be published and I congratulate the author on his attention to detail and painstaking research.
NM
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Bob Baird returns to the Forth and Tay in his best book yet. He goes well beyond the coverage of his previous volume of the same name in both scope and content. The format is logical, production values are first rate. For me, the book truly scores in its coverage of the many naval wrecks of the area, notably the victims of May Island and the loss of Pathfinder. Mr Baird skilfully blends meticulous historical accuracy with a racy narrative. There is something grimly surreal about the doomed Pathfinder firing her stern gun in a desperate effort to attract the attention of potential rescuers, only for that gun to jump its kingpin following the recoil, roll along the deck then fall over the side.
There is something for everyone in this book, be they maritime historian, skin diver, local historian, treasure seeker or simply someone looking for a good yarn. And I cannot recommend it highly enough
There is something for everyone in this book, be they maritime historian, skin diver, local historian, treasure seeker or simply someone looking for a good yarn. And I cannot recommend it highly enough
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A curious dichotomy.
13 Oct 2009
Format:Paperback
On the one hand, this book is a triumph of research and dedication as it reveals the facts about the loss of some 300 ships and other craft within a given geographical area of the UK and, as such, will prove to be an invaluable asset to all scuba divers and others who seek to learn more about these vessels and their history. It is a book from which most will learn a great deal about GPS positions, the compass, the sweeping of wrecks and even how different tonnages are described - and all that by page 5! On the other hand, the work also provides a curious dichotomy because, generally speaking it not well written and I am surprised the publishers did not seek to rewrite several passages. That failing, however, will only marginally spoil the enjoyment of the product for a minority and does not reduce the book's overall value in any way.
I had not previously heard of author Bob Baird but soon realised his was a name with which I should have been familiar - if only because he knows what he is talking about "and" on a subject which is dear to my heart. Throughout the entire work he continually reveals the names of all his sources and of those responsible for earlier research and discovery. As an example, on the one hand he includes details from distinguished shipwreck historians such as Ron Young and on the other he dismisses incorrect information provided by the discredited Peter Collings.
When detail such as; "This wreck was first located in 1959 by the survey ship HMS Scott" (The Stella page 96) is added to records from various newspapers, other publications and the personal accounts of individual divers, one comes to realise that this book is not only a complete triumph of personal dedication and research - but also of having painstakingly cross-checked all that information.
For those with a passion for the shipwrecks within the geographical area covered by this work, I doubt a better book will ever be published and I congratulate the author on his attention to detail and painstaking research.
NM
I had not previously heard of author Bob Baird but soon realised his was a name with which I should have been familiar - if only because he knows what he is talking about "and" on a subject which is dear to my heart. Throughout the entire work he continually reveals the names of all his sources and of those responsible for earlier research and discovery. As an example, on the one hand he includes details from distinguished shipwreck historians such as Ron Young and on the other he dismisses incorrect information provided by the discredited Peter Collings.
When detail such as; "This wreck was first located in 1959 by the survey ship HMS Scott" (The Stella page 96) is added to records from various newspapers, other publications and the personal accounts of individual divers, one comes to realise that this book is not only a complete triumph of personal dedication and research - but also of having painstakingly cross-checked all that information.
For those with a passion for the shipwrecks within the geographical area covered by this work, I doubt a better book will ever be published and I congratulate the author on his attention to detail and painstaking research.
NM
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