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The Ultimate Shipwreck Guide - Whitby to Berwick (Paperback)
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The Ultimate Shipwreck Guide - Whitby to Berwick (Paperback)
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List price R624
Loot Price R570
Discovery Miles 5 700
You Save R54 (9%)
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The author has acquired a vast wealth of knowledge, data and
experience in boat angling, sport and wreck diving over a period of
almost 50 years and has written various wreck books, including two
volumes about shipwrecks off the north-east coast of England.
However, this book is far superior. No other single publication has
so much information about the shipwrecks and crews that were lost
over this huge region of the North Sea from Whitby to Berwick and
up to 40 miles offshore. There are 285 wrecks in total, including
22 located in an area known ominously as the 'Graveyard', about 30
miles off the River Tyne, that has never previously been written
about, plus dozens of almost certainly virgin wrecks that are just
waiting to be explored! The book is absolutely jam-packed with
valuable information and technical data including the ship's
builders, past owners, dates and name changes and in many cases the
captains' names. Precise WGS84 GPS positions are supplied for each
wreck and these have been meticulously checked over several years
to ensure they are correct and as accurate as humanly possible.
Many of the wrecks are in depths of between 80 and 100 metres -
well beyond the range of normal sport divers - but with new
technological advances in equipment they offer exhilarating future
projects. However, for the boat angler they will be paradise found!
Where possible, the ship's previous service history has been
supplied, followed by a detailed account of its final voyage/patrol
and its demise. Some of the Board of Trade Wreck Reports, survivor
and witness statements tell of harrowing and terrifying anecdotes.
This is Ron Young's best book to date.
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