Until now, the underwater craft employed by the World’s Special Forces have been known only to a select few. Covert Shores is the first complete and documented insight into the little-known world of the mini-subs, Swimmer Delivery Vehicles (SDVs) and other underwater vehicles used by the U. S. Navy SEALs, Special Boat Service, Spetsnaz and more.
Operating under a blanket of secrecy, these craft have remained hidden and unrecorded in a way that no other class of military vehicles has. Covert Shores reveals the craft, units, missions and tactics of this unseen world. Spanning from 1776 to the present day, and covering activities in many countries including US, Great Britain, Italy, Israel, Russia, France, Germany, Yugoslavia and Sweden, this book is filled with tales of the ingenuity, resourcefulness, experimentation and cunning of those involved in the design and operations of these expert craft. A must-read for all military enthusiasts.
268 pages 8.5"x11" full color with over eighty original color illustrations.
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New Chinese Special Forces midget submarine
Weeks after I posted my round-up of Chinese Navy Special Forces subs and SDVs (Here>) a new type has come to light. Read More >....
SEALs + USSOCOM next generation sub UOES3
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New Croatian midget sub - Drakon 220
Croatia (formerly part of Yugoslavia) has a track record of impressive midget submarines. The industry has struggled since independence with the Croatian Navy retiring its submarine capability. A new improved version of the R-3E design (better known as the Una Class) is now ready for construction however Read More >....
N Korean ballistic missile sub capability
Eight months after we first identified it moored outside a secret submarine yard on North Korea's eastern coast near the town of Sinpo, it is time to take stock of the regimes latest submarine development. Read More >....
Crocodile 250 midget submarine
continuing the lineage of the famous Cos.Mo.S SX and MG series midget submarines, the Crocodile 250 Class is Chile's answer to resurgent interest in midget submarines for Special Forces and Littoral combat. Read More >....
Chinese Naval Special Forces projects and capabilities
Survey of Chinese midget submarines, Swimmer Delivery Vehicles (SDVs) and Diver Propulsion Vehicles (DPVs). Read More >....
SDV history - finding a missing link
I recently had the good fortune to be allowed to view an archive of Swimmer Delivery Vehicles documents. It is held by the Historical Diving Society (Check them out! HDS website ) and covered several Cold War SDVs developed for the Special Boat Service (SBS) and Royal Navy Clearance Divers. Among the materiel were photocopies of old magazine articles collected by one of the leading engineers in the field, K.R. Tuson. I came face to face with an evolutionary missing link in the development of SDVs on both sides of the Atlantic. Read More >....
EMT Barracuda SDV
Revealed: FWS-1 to FWS-5 SDVs Read More >....
Covert Shores Book - progress update
The book is on time, currently undergoing final editing and proofing. I have yet to receive security Disclosure confirmation from the UK Gov but I am not expecting any surprises there. Read More >....
