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This new book is a very much improved and updated edition of the
successful previous edition, "Shipwrecks of the Forth", and
benefits hugely from the vast amount of vital new information
gleaned by the author during 15 years of painstaking research. Each
wreck is listed by area with details of position, history and fate.
The text is accompanied by maps and charts and illustrated with
many dramatic photographs. As a result of this meticulous work,
exciting discoveries and recoveries such as ships' bells and
pottery have been made by divers, allowing them to confirm
identities of previously unknown wrecks.In addition to first-hand
local knowledge of fishermen, coastguards, lifeboat men and divers,
the author has consulted primary sources including official records
from the Admiralty and Lloyds, official German U-boat records and
Norwegian, Swedish and Danish records. Many vessels were lost due
to running aground or collisions but the vast majority of
shipwrecks immediately surrounding our coasts resulted from
military activities during the First and Second World War. As such
this aspect of the book provides significant historical interest
for readers.
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