Three Miles Down: A Firsthand Account of Deep Sea Exploration and a Hunt for Sunken World War II Treasure

by James Hamilton-Paterson

Book Overview

Somewhere in the deep Atlantic off the west coast of Africa lie two casualties of the second World War: a Japanese submarine and a British liner. Both were reportedly carrying tons of gold. In Three... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0156012715
• ISBN13: 9780156012713
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Two thumbs up for Three Miles Down

This book is a must read for anybody who has ever wanted to go on a modern expedition searching for sunken treasure. The characters are real people, accurately described, who react in unexpected ways when confronted with difficult challenges. I know many of the people in this book, and I have been to sea with them. This book brought back many memories. It's also an excellent choice if you are interested in expeditions to the Titanic, since so few books have ever been written about modern expeditions to the Titanic. Again, it's the same players on a different expedition. You will get to know exactly what it's like to be at sea, with plots and subplots going on around the ship, and where everybody has a different agenda. This is the next best thing to being there.Good hunting!

Great storytelling about the search for gold on sunken sub

"Within an hour we're under way again. The sun climbs; land falls astern and the wheeling seabirds thin to a couple of mournful die-hards following our wake. Barring the unpredicatable we shant's see land again for a least a month. We're off to give a wrecked submarine (1944) our undivided attention". Thus, Mr.Hamilton-Paterson launches the reader on an adventure that has something for everyone-lovers of lost treasure, students of science,biology, history and the dynamics of people of different nationalities, working toghether and against one another on an exploration ship bound for the coast of Africa. After finishing this one will no doubt want to read more by this author!