Cox's navy : salvaging the German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow 1924-1931
Booth, Tony2011
Books, Manuscripts
Find it!
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.
Main title:
Author:
Imprint:
Barnsley : Pen & Sword Maritime, 2011.
Collation:
240 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2005.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781848845527 (pbk)1848845529 (pbk)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1309706