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Jutland 1916 - The Archaeology of a Naval Battlefield (Hardcover)
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Jutland 1916 - The Archaeology of a Naval Battlefield (Hardcover)
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The Battle of Jutland was the largest naval battle and the only
full-scale clash of battleships in the First World War. For years
the myriad factors contributing to the loss of many of the ships
remained a mystery, subject only to speculation and theory. In this
book, marine archaeologist and historian Dr Innes McCartney reveals
for the first time what became of the warships that vanished on the
night of 31st May 1916, examining the circumstances behind the loss
of each ship and reconciling what was known in 1916 to what the
archaeology is revealing today. The knowledge of what was present
was transformed in 2015 by a groundbreaking survey using the modern
technology of multi-beam. This greatly assisted in unravelling the
details behind several Jutland enigmas, not least the devastating
explosions which claimed five major British warships, the details
of the wrecks of the 13 destroyers lost in the battle and the
German warships scuttled during the night phase. This is the first
book to identify the locations of many of the wrecks, and -
scandalously - how more than half of these sites have been
illegally plundered for salvage, despite their status as war
graves. An essential and revelatory read for anyone interested in
naval history and marine archaeology.
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