SHIPWRECK STORIES
426pp., b/w & colour illus., map, paperback, Pretoria, 2014
War correspondent, documentary filmmaker and author Al Venter on the sinking of the Oceanos, the discovery of the Royal Navy submarine HMS Otus, the loss of the Reijgersdaal, the Arniston, HMS Birkenhead, Colebrooke, the Johanna, St Abbs, the Maori, and more.
Al Venter served as an African and Middle East correspondent for various publications in the stable of Britain's Jane's Information Group. His other books include The Last of Africa's Cold War Conflicts, Portuguese Guinea and its guerilla insurgency; Gunship Ace, the wars of Neill Ellis, helicopter pilot and mercenary; Guerilla Wars in Africa; War in Angola; Africa at War; The Chopper Boys and War Dogs.