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Dive Englands Greatest Wrecks

23 years ago

Published on the final day of seawork2003 , Dive EnglandsGreatest Wrecks is the perfect companion for any diver interested in exploring Englandsmost exciting shipwrecks, preserved as time capsules of an era of sea power andmajesty that has now passed into the history books.

Among the 10 wrecks featured in this volume are the Salsette off Weymouth, arguably England’s most famous shipwreck; the SS Kyarra offDorset; the British submarine M2 and the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Hood , both lying off Portland; the American Liberty Ship James Eagan Layne off Plymouth; and the fabulous P&O liner Moldavia.

Along with the history of each vessel and the dramatic account of how it was wrecked, there is essential diver information detailing how the wreck lies today, along with depths, tides and other points of interest.

Each of the wrecks is vividly brought to life by specially commissioned paintings showing the vessels as they lie on the seabed today.

Author Rod Macdonald is a lawyer and author of previous Mainstream titles Dive Scapa Flow, now in its third edition, and Dive Scotland’s Greatest Wrecks , now in its second edition.

He specialises in wreck diving research and has written for most international diving publications.

Dive England’s Greatest Wrecks
By Rod Macdonald.
Published by Mainstream Publishing Co. (Edinburgh) Ltd.
ISBN 1 84018 570 8.
Hardback, 168 pages.
Price, £14.99.