The Russell Cawthorn Collection
The Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts The Naval War Miscellaneous Matters
RCC7144
K Boat Catastrophe: Eight Ships and Five Collisons. The Full Story of the "Battle" of the Isle of May
by N.S. Nash
ISBN
9781844159840
Purchase Price
£7.99 (new)
Date Purchased
October 3, 2014
Publisher
Pen & Sword Maritime (2009, Barnsley, South Yorks)
Notes
104 officers and ratings died in the "Battle of the Isle of May" on 31st January 1918. The event occurred when elements of the Grand Fleet were transiting the Firth of Forth to conduct exercises in the North Sea. There was a chain of disasters which were all completely avoidable, but in the ensuing chaos five collisions took place, with the loss of two submarines and 104 officers and men. Subsequently there was a major "cover up" by the Admiralty. There is a Foreword by Admiral Sir James Perowne KBE
9781844159840
Purchase Price
£7.99 (new)
Date Purchased
October 3, 2014
Publisher
Pen & Sword Maritime (2009, Barnsley, South Yorks)
Notes
104 officers and ratings died in the "Battle of the Isle of May" on 31st January 1918. The event occurred when elements of the Grand Fleet were transiting the Firth of Forth to conduct exercises in the North Sea. There was a chain of disasters which were all completely avoidable, but in the ensuing chaos five collisions took place, with the loss of two submarines and 104 officers and men. Subsequently there was a major "cover up" by the Admiralty. There is a Foreword by Admiral Sir James Perowne KBE
