The Shipwreck Decoder

A Handbook for Divers and Maritime Enthusiasts

Ashton East (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2025
Dived Up Publications (Verlag)
978-1-909455-42-9 (ISBN)

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Transform your understanding of the underwater world with The Shipwreck Decoder. This essential illustrated guide helps you understand the silent stories told by submerged vessels. This insightful handbook delves into the features of shipwrecks, placing them in their rich historical context. It teaches you how to interpret your observations. Spanning different eras of maritime technology, it covers details from hull construction and propulsion systems to armaments and navigation instruments. As a result, it will help maritime enthusiasts - including divers - to truly 'read' these underwater time capsules.

For Divers: This book enhances the experience and understanding of shipwreck divers. You'll learn how to orient yourself on a wreck using engine components or understand construction methods. These practical details are directly valuable for divers. It helps you explore more confidently and make better sense of every dive.

For Maritime Enthusiasts: The book deeply explores marine engineering, historical timelines of technology, and the evolution of ship design and equipment. It covers ancient vessels to Cold War era ships. Therefore, it provides rich content for anyone passionate about the subject, archaeology, and naval architecture. The knowledge you gain will significantly enhance your appreciation of the topic. This includes, for example, dives, maps, charts, logs, museum displays, and even documentaries.

Featuring 400+ original illustrations.
A practical guide and reference book.
A primer and briefing aid for understanding what to look for and how to interpret findings.

Ashton East's passion for the underwater world began long before he could join his parents' diving adventures at age twelve. Over the decades, he has become an accomplished underwater photographer and technical diver, exploring shipwrecks globally. His desire to truly understand these submerged time capsules led him to study nautical archaeology courses, review literature and visit museums, approaching the subject with the keen, analytical eye developed during his extensive legal career. What started as a Covid lockdown project documenting these explorations is now published as a must-have guide for enthusiasts of all sunken vessels.

Introduction; 1. ORIENTATION AND CORE STRUCTURES; 2. HULL; 3. BOW AREA; 4. STERN: PROPULSION/STEERING; 5. BRIDGE AREAS; 6. FITTINGS AND EQUIPMENT; 7. ROWED VESSELS; 8. WIND-POWERED VESSELS; 9. STEAM-POWERED VESSELS; 10. COMBUSTION-POWERED VESSELS; 11. ELECTRIC-POWERED VESSELS; 12. CARGO STORAGE AND HANDLING; 13. CANNON-AGE ARMAMENT; 14. MODERN ARMAMENT; 15. SUBMARINES; Select Bibliography; About the author; Acknowledgements; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	02.10.2025
Zusatzinfo	400+ black and white illustrations
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	300 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
ISBN-10	1-909455-42-3 / 1909455423
ISBN-13	978-1-909455-42-9 / 9781909455429
Zustand	Neuware