Innes McCartney

Innes McCartney (born 1964 ) is a British author, divers, historians and underwater archaeologist.

Life

McCartney studied history at Keele University, the University of Exeter and Bournemouth University.

In 1999 he was the British submarine HMS M1. In 2001 he located at the British Diving shipwreck HMS Indefatigable and HMS Defence, which fell at the Battle of Jutland in 1916. The Wreck of the comet was discovered by McCartney in July 2006 at Cape La Hague. In 2008 he found the shipwreck SS Armenian. McCartney wrote several books about his discoveries in underwater archeology.

Publications (selection)

  • " Jutland 1916: The Archaeology of a Modern Naval Battle: The Wreck of HMS Invincible, The World 's First Battle Cruiser". In: Scyllis. The Journal of the German Society for the Promotion of Underwater Archaeology Vol 12, 2, 2013
  • "The Armoured Cruiser HMS Defence: A Case Study in Assessing the Royal Navy Shipwrecks of the Battle of Jutland in 1916 as in Archaeological Resource ". In: International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 2012
  • British Submarines in World War One. 2008
  • "The Anatomy of a Submarine Wreck". In: DIVER 2007
  • British Submarines in World War Two. 2006
  • "Operation Deadlight U -boat Investigation". After the Battle. 2002
  • Nonfiction author
  • Maritime nonfiction author
  • Historian
  • Diver
  • Underwater archaeologist
  • Briton
  • Born in 1964
  • Man
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