Innes McCartney

Innes McCartney (2014)

Innes McCartney (born 1964 ) is a British author , diver , historian and underwater archaeologist .

Life

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

In 1999 he found the British submarine HMS M1 . In 2001, while diving, he located the British shipwrecks HMS Indefatigable and HMS Defense , which sank during the Battle of the Skagerrak in 1916 . The Comet shipwreck was discovered by McCartney in July 2006 near Cape La Hague. In 2008 he found the SS Armenian shipwreck . McCartney wrote several books about his discoveries in underwater archeology .

Publications (selection)

• "Jutland 1916: The Archeology of a Modern Naval Battle: The Wreck of HMS Invincible, The World's First Battle Cruiser". In: Skyllis. The Journal of the German Society for the Promotion of Underwater Archeology Vol. 12, 2, 2013
• "The Armored Cruiser HMS Defense: A Case Study in Assessing the Royal Navy Shipwrecks of the Battle of Jutland 1916 as an Archaeological Resource". In: International Journal of Nautical Archeology 2012
• British Submarines in World War One. 2008
• "The Anatomy of a Submarine Wreck". In: DIVER 2007
• British Submarines in World War Two. 2006
• Lost Patrols: Submarine Wrecks of the English Channel 2003
• "Operation Deadlight U-boat Investigation". After the battle. 2002