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1. HMS Poseidon at anchor in Portsmouth, December 1930, just before departure for duty in Asia. (Author collection) 2. HMS Poseidon underway off the English coast. (Author collection) 3. Four Parthian-class submarines in port. Poseidon is second from right. (Author collection) 4. Poseidon’s forward torpedo room, from which six men made a miraculous escape. (Royal Navy Submarine Museum) 5. A postcard depiction of Liu Gong Island, ca. 1920. (Author collection) 6. A contemporary view of Liu Gong Island’s west side. (Author Collection) 7. Petty Officer and Chief Telegraphist Walter Jeffery, whose diary illuminated the life—and death—of HMS Poseidon. (Doreen Ridsdale) 8. Leading Seaman Frank Dowling and his wife, Vera. They were married less than a month before Poseidon sailed to China. (Linda Matthews) 9. Stoker Frederick T. Pointer, one of the eighteen men who died in Poseidon’s aft section. (Norman Tillier) 10. Able Seaman Frederick K. C. Tolliday, an ardent Arsenal supporter from Finsbury Park in North London, who perished aboard Poseidon. (Susan Kenny) 11. Stoker Albert R. Winter and his wife, before Poseidon’s departure . Winter escaped the sinking Poseidon but died from poisoning , having swallowed too much oil from the ruptured fuel tank while floating on the surface. He is one of two Poseidon submariners buried on Liu Gong Island. (Royal Navy Submarine Museum) Illustrations x Illustrations 12. The 1,750-ton cargo steamer SS Yuta, after it had collided with and sunk HMS Poseidon. (Author Collection) 13. HMS Marazion, a former minesweeper being used as a target ship when HMS Poseidon collided with SS Yuta. (Author Collection) 14. Submarine HMS Perseus stands by at the scene of Poseidon’s sinking, as other Royal Navy vessels arrive. Bubbles from the downed Poseidon can be seen in the center of the frame, just to the left of and behind the lifeboat. (Royal Navy Submarine Museum) 15. Survivors from HMS Poseidon are brought aboard HMS Marazion. The survivors, gathered on the left side of the photograph , are covered with oil that had been floating on the surface after the submarine sank. (Royal Navy Submarine Museum) 16. Leading Seaman Reginald Clarke is brought aboard HMS Hermes for medical treatment. Clarke, who was seriously affected by decompression sickness (the bends), appears to be wincing in pain. (Author Collection) 17. Petty Officer Patrick Willis walks across the deck of aircraft carrier HMS Hermes under his own power, shortly after ascending from HMS Poseidon’s forward torpedo room, after three hours on the bottom. (Author Collection) 18. A specimen of the Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus (DSEA), on display at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport. The DSEA was used by six Poseidon crew and one Chinese mate’s assistant to escape from the sunken submarine. Four of the navy men and the assistant survived. (Author Collection) 19. HMS Poseidon’s officers attend the funeral of Able Seaman Arthur J. Lovock and Stoker Albert R. Winter, whose bodies were recovered after the sinking of Poseidon. Lieutenant Commander Bernard Galpin, Poseidon’s commanding officer, is on the left, closest to the camera. (Royal Navy Submarine Museum) 20. A photo of the graves of Able Seaman Arthur J. Lovock and Stoker Albert R. Winter, which also bore the names of the eighteen others lost aboard Poseidon. This photograph allowed the graves to be relocated after seventy years. (Royal Navy Submarine Museum) 21. Lieutenant Commander Bernard Galpin (center, head turned towards camera) leads the final farewell at the site of HMS [18.189.180.244] Project MUSE (2024-04-18 00:21 GMT) Illustrations xi Poseidon’s sinking, at a wreath-laying ceremony. The buoy marks the site of the accident. (Royal Navy Submarine Museum) 22. Lieutenant Commander Bernard Galpin’s first representation of the accident, drawn shortly after the collision and sinking. (Author photograph, National Archives document) 23. A schematic drawing estimating the courses and speeds of HMS Poseidon and SS Yuta, prepared and submitted for Lieutenant Commander Bernard Galpin’s court-martial. (Author photograph , National Archives document) 24. A drawing of the collision prepared by the court-martial prosecution . Using the courses and speeds provided by both Galpin and Yuta’s Iyeshi after the accident, the author’s own plotting of the collision matched this drawing almost exactly. (Author photograph, National Archives document) 25. A piece of brass rail from HMS Poseidon’s casing. It was cut from the submarine by Royal Navy divers after the navy’s plans to salvage Poseidon were abandoned. The piece was presented to...