Geoffrey Regan's Book of Naval Blunders (by Geoffrey Regan)

• 2001 edition.  186 pages
• Published by Andre Deutsch  /  Carlton Publishing Group, London
• Softcover
• Good plus condition.  Minor cover wear.  Minor corner creases.

Illustrated and Indexed.

The history of nautical warfare is littered with disasters, from the lunacy of captains to the bungling Admiralty, and from the misjudgements and oversights of fleet commanders and strategic planners to the incompetence of ship designers.

Stories include: 

• The Admiral Popov, the circular Russian battleship that span in out -of-control curcles, leaving her crew seasick and hanging on for their lives.
• Commodore Anson who set out to circumnavigate the world with a crew of pensioners recruited from Chelsea Hospital.
• The British cruiser Trinidad that malfunctioned in the Arctic and managed to torpedo itself
• The 'revolutionary' new class of submarine, the K boats, that caused more damage to themselves and other British ships than they did to the enemy.

Packed with intriguing and often bizarre stories, this absorbing survey of naval incompetence from Roman times to the Falkands War, proves there is truth in the old adage - 'Worse things happen at sea.'