Cox's navy : salvaging the German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow 1924-1931
Booth, Tony2005
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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.Bibliography: p. 197-198.
ISBN:
18441518169781844151813
Dewey class:
627.7'03'0941132910.453627.703940.45941.09
Local class:
627.703094112
Language:
English
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Index terms:
GERMAN NAVY HISTORY ORKNEY COX, Ernest
BRN:
357255