Tarquin’s Ship, by Alexander McKee

Tarquin’s Ship, The Etruscan wreck in Campese Bay
by Alexander McKee

Alexander McKee, historian, diver and underwater photographer is best known for leading the team of amateur divers from Southsea BSAC who spent 20 years searching for and eventually finding the Mary Rose.

It was in 1962 while on a diving holiday in Giglio with Reg Vallintine that McKee first saw the wreck that was later to be identified as Etruscan. It lay in 150ft of water and was too deep for them to investigate at that time. 20 years later, after locating the Tudor warship Mary Rose, McKee was free to return to Giglio to join an expedition to excavate the wreck in Campese Bay. This book recalls what is known of the Etruscan people, but most of all it is a personal account of the hazards of diving to great depths, the exhilaration of discovery and the ravages of looters.

Hardback with dust jacket in as new condition.

216 pages
180mm x 240mm (approx. 7in x 9.5in)
Black and white and colour photographs throughout.
1985, Souvenir Press, London (First edition)