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A great detailed account of the events leading up to the discovery and eventual lifting of the Mary Rose. Very interesting, especially the bits about John Deane and his watercolours, and dispersing the Royal George. Anything

This is the most accessible account of the Mary Rose. It is very detailed and gives a great idea of what an endurance exercise the whole thing became. ISBN 0 285 62544 6

This book was published by Gorgi in 1965 and has no ISBN number that I can find, so probably out of print. However it is easily available in second hand stores, so you should not have to much trouble getting hold

by Captain Peter Dickens DSO MBE DSC Royal Navy This book was written in 1974 for the Naval Institute Press. As such it is detailed and authoritative, and gives you a good grasp of what all the different protagonists

The 'Herzogin Cecillie': the life and times of a four masted Barque "Herzogin Cecillie": Life and Times of a...

  The Dive Sites of South Africa The Dive Sites of South Africa (Dive... If you are going diving in South Africa this is one of the books to take. Clear descriptions of the dive sites, with what level

Neutral Buoyancy: Adventures in a Liquid... This book is one of the best books I have read for a long time. The Author relates a brief history of diving interspersed with some of his own underwater experiences.He manages

  HM Submarines in Camera, 1901-1996 This book has masses of photos which you really can't find elsewhere, plus a very authorative text by people who really know what they are talking about. Most of the photos

By Fred and Elizabeth Brenchly Stoker's Submarine This is an amazing book about a forgotten British Submarine commander and an Australian sub which out did all the other subs in the Sea of Mamara during

  The Silent Service: The Inside Story of... Another great book from John Parker.He also writes about the Royal Marines (dear to my heart) and S.B.S. Right from the birth of the Sub to the present day this book

Wreck at Sharpnose Point This a great read. Its a marvellous blend of fact and fiction, bringing us a mystery of the best kind, one that really happened.  

This Great Harbour Scapa Flow This is a very authoritive book and tells the history of this once great Anchorage of the Royal Navy. It details all the defences, land sea and air, and of course tells the story of the

  Scapa Flow in War and Peace This book covers much the same ground as 'This Great Harbour' but not in as much detail, so its an easier read for some one who just wants to get a 'feel' for this area's history.

There are numerous fascinating books about maritime history and scuba diving which are often overlooked or sadly out of print. Here is a growing selection of books I've personally enjoyed which you might find interesting

This is not the cover, it wore out years ago, but the facing inside photo. Isn't it Great? I bought this book in about 1968, long before I moved down to Devon.It documents loads of wrecks all along the south coast and Ireland.

Lost the cover. This photo from the many in the book shows the Habitat with a sub docking. This book is the one I love best after the Silent World because it shows Cousteau at his most imaginative. He was always convinced that

Part of the series of six to match the TV series. This is my favorite.The 124 colour photo's are great and give a great insight into this huge creature. ISBN 0-304-29033-5

Another of the six books that make up the series. 126 colour photos make this a great book. ISBN 0-304-29358-x

This book brings together lots of Hass's earlier work, and is really a unique autobiography.Its starts in the waters of the Caribbean in 1939 and ends in the Maldives around 1970. For all you people who think you have done it

Once again no cover. This book is another that I first bought when I was fifteen, and learning to dive under the West Pier at Brighton. First published in 1954 this book was translated from the French and is full

  This is a great early book that interveaves historic times with specific wrecks. Its a good idea and works well. It covers all sorts of wrecks from the Mary Rose to the Association. I'm in in on page 103 when I

This book was written by the only journalist to go on the project. it gives another viewpoint from that of Kieth Jessop in his account 'Goldfinger', and the two should be read to get an overall picture of a fantastic

Part of the series of six books. This one is very interesting. There is not a lot written about these animals, so its very informative. 124 colour photo's. Great. ISBN 0-304-29154-4

In September 1857 the S.S. Central America carrying 500 passengers, many returning from the California goldrush, sank in a hurricanne 200 miles off the Carolina coast.No more was hear about the ship untill 198 when

This is another of the series of six books brought out to accompany the Famous TV series. Excellent, with many photo's. ISBN 0-304-93656-1

This is a crackng book that charts the discovery of a hitherto unknown German Sub discovered off the New Jersey coast in 1991.The sub lay in 230 feet and resulted in six years of extremely dangerous diving on the

I have lost the cover of this book, so these are the first inside pages. The book charts the story of the Bathysphere Trieste which decended seven miles into the Chellenger Deep off Guam in 1960. As far as I know

This book is about Ed Link and his family's extraordinary treasure hunt up and down the Florida coast and Bahamas. Link of course made his name as the inventor of the Link Trainer, in which thousands of wartime pilots

When this book came out in the fifties it was an instant bestseller. Probably the first popular writer on what is now known as conservation, Rachel Carson lit a beacon that many have followed. Its as relevant today

  I was in Florida in 1968, and everybody was talking about this fantastic find. Kip and his pals had found a Spanish treasure fleet between Cape Malabar and Hutchinson Island. They even found a $50000 necklace on

  I was in Florida in 1968, and everybody was talking about this fantastic find. Kip and his pals had found a Spanish treasure fleet between Cape Malabar and Hutchinson Island. They even found a $50000 necklace on

This is the story of the Oceanic, wrecked in 1914 off Shetland. She was even more luxurious than the Titanic, but she lay undiscovered for nearly sixty years untill two lads salvaged most of her using more or less

This book followed the success of The Silent World and recounts his further adventures, especially the start of his project Conshelf, a underwater habitat. Interestingly, for all you Red Sea divers, there is a good

This is a blow by blow account of the dreadfull Kursk isaster and its aftermath.Extremely well researched, with some great photo's. Recommended ISBN 0385-602650

  Definately not the Bond book, but probably more fantastic.This is the true story of how Kieth Jessop and his team recovered over $100 million of Russian gold from the wreck of H.M.S.Ediburgh, and got cheated

Falco is one of the unsung hero's in the Cousteau team. Basically the man who made it all work. In his spare time he liked to paint pictures underwater. made quite a name for himself. The experience that this man

Pamela Eriksson was an extrordinary women. Daughter of the former South African Secretary for Defence, she was presented at Court and took a degree at Oxford. In her thirties she got fed up, worked her passage in a

Part of the series of six books to accompany the TV series. 105 photos. Great book with lots of stuff about their behaviour. This was pioneering stuff at the time. ISBN 0-304-29486-1

    Robert Stenuit is something of a hero of mine because of his efforts to live in the sea. Back in the sixties this seemed an impossible dream and saturation diving had to be invented to cope with it all. Stenuit

This is a great read based on a true story. In 1884 the ship Mignonette set sail from Southampton bound for Sydney. The ship got wrecked, and the crew were cast adrift in a 13ft boat for 24 days with no food.When

Last in the seriers of six books and probably the most interesting. Cousteau and his team were some of the first conservationists. It was revolutionary stuff back then, and the TV series opened it up to millions.

  When the Germans sank their fleet at Scapa Flow after the First War all the experts said that salvaging the ships was impossible. One man, Ernest Cox, disagreed and in 1924 he bought the entire fleet gambling

Admiral Shovell's Treasure and Shipwreck... This is a great book for all wreckers, armchair or divers. It has been meticulously researched by the two authors, and details the last hours of Shovells fleet, a maritme

  Business in Great Waters: U-boat Wars,... This is probably 'the' book about the role of the uboats, by one of Britains greatest maratime historians.The wealth of detail about the strategy and tactics employed

Autumn of the U-boats This is a very usefull book. Plenty of photos and a very readable text.