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Lost
Subs
Tales
from beneath the sea.
By Spencer Dunmore, Allen and Unwin, 176
pages, $49.95.
Reviewer :: LS
Rachel Irving
The
tragic loss of the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk in 2000
highlighted the dangers and perils submariners around the
world face.
Lying
beneath the worlds oceans are the hulls of more than
a century of subs telling tales that have mapped history.
Lost
Subs chronicles the fate of famous naval subs, including the
US Confederate Armys Hunley and Australias AE2.
The
book covers the final moments aboard the Kursk, the birth
of the submarine with the Turtle and the Hunley, the U-boats,
the Cold War and more. Lost Subs is filled with amazing underwater
imagery and allows the reader to explore these fascinating
undersea tales.
The
book is easy reading with some powerful and gripping text,
but it is the photographs that will capture the imagination
of many.
Lost
Subs is a highly recommended read.
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