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(More customer reviews)Ernest Cox was the man who purchased the German High Seas Fleet - then sunk in Scapa Flow, from the British Admiralty even though he had no previous experience of salvage whatsoever. Undeterred by that lack of knowledge, he went on to raise 7 large warships and 25 Destroyers in what is universally acknowledged as the world's greatest ever salvage achievement.
This is the story of that man and his amazing feat.
The book explains in interesting detail, the historic background of the defeat of Germany at the end of the First World War and the political situation which then existed in Germany at a time when her former fleet of warships were being held, with German skeleton crews, in the naval base at Scapa Flow pending a decision on the future of each vessel. The book then goes on to describe how the fleet was scuttled under the very noses of their British captors.
Skilfully, the author includes the methods of raising these large ships and how systems had to be designed and pioneered in order to make it all happen. I vaguely remember watching television as a small boy and seeing some of these ships brought to the surface. It is only after reading this book that I was able to gain a full appreciation of exactly what happened.
With plenty of historic black and photographs and anecdotes to retain the reader's interest right to the end, this is a fascinating story - and very good value for money.
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