Underwater Handbook, Western Approaches to the British Isles NP625

Underwater Handbook, Western Approaches to the British Isles NP625
Hydrographic Department, Ministry of Defence, London

Hardback. Navy blue book cloth cover with gilt lettering. Front cover has white scuff marks, especially along bottom leading edge. Front cover board slightly bowed. Inside pages in very good condition.

Contents: Nature of the area; Climatic conditions; Currents and tidal streams; Sea water characteristics; Sea bed characteristics; marine life.
Appendices: Beaufort wind scale and corresponding sea state; List of charted and uncharted wrecks and underwater obstructions.

134 pages + 15 fold out plates at end of the book
Colour charts and diagrams. 44 maps and charts, and 15 fold out plates.
225 mm x 300 mm (approx. 9 in x 12 in)
1971, Hydrographic Department, Ministry of Defence, London