"Originally published as Few survived in 1986 by Leo Cooper." Includes index.

'Give us air!' -- 'Into perpetual night' -- 'The best tradition of the Service' -- 'They feel very cold' -- 'Overdue and presumed lost' -- When in doubt--dive!' -- 'A trifling mistake--' -- 'Slow torture as well as death' -- 'Hi, fellas. Here we are' (USS Squalus) -- 'We couldn't open the hatch' (HMS Thetis) -- 'Here we go for 14 days survivor's leave' -- 'We are at the north end of the Hurd Deep' -- 'Gertrude-- check K' -- 'Don't lose hope!' -- Affray, the last word -- 'Deliver us, O Lord' -- Appendices: Pioneer and experimental submarines lost before 1 January 1990 -- Naval submarines lost by accident or error since 1990 -- Submarine losses from 1 January 1900 to 31 July 1914 -- Submarine losses from 1 August 1914 to 11 November 1918 -- Submarine losses from 12 November 1918 to 31 August 1939 -- Submarine losses from 1 September 1939 to 2 September 1945 -- 3 September 1945 to 31 December 2001 -- World submarine losses.