On January 25, 1917, HMS Laurentic struck two German mines off the coast of Ireland and sank. The ship was carrying 44 t
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Table of contents :
Part I --
The Titanic in miniature --
The Damants of Cowes --
The U-boat war --
"I have no good word to say for it" --
The lake of shadows --
Through the looking glass --
Spark --
Suffer --
S.O.S --
Loch Striven --
Abandon ship! --
The inspector --
The cold sea --
The fortunes of House Damant --
Part II --
The Council of the Sea Lords --
Twenty fathoms deep --
The path to the strong room --
The storm --
"Give me more air" --
Part III --
Schooling in salvage --
Codes and ciphers --
The U-boat hunter --
Underwater espionage --
Part IV --
"Every prospect of success" --
The return to Lough Swilly --
Invincible --
"A pity to give up" --
"Like lambs" --
"His sturdy optimism" --
Rewards --
Speculating in gold.