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Hostile Waters (book)

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Hostile Waters
First edition
AuthorPeter Huchthausen, Igor Kurdin and R. Alan White
PublisherSt. Martin's Press (US)
Hutchinson (UK)
Publication date
July 1997
ISBN0-312-96612-1
OCLC39750125

Hostile Waters (ISBN 0312966121) is a 1997 nonfiction book by Peter Huchthausen, Igor Kurdin and R. Alan White that describes the 1986 loss of the Soviet submarine K-219 off Bermuda while captained by Igor Britanov.[1]

The incident was also described in the 1997 film of the same name.[2] The book was criticized by a reviewer for the US Naval Institute[3] for insinuating that the loss of the submarine was caused by a collision with the USS Augusta--a claim initially made by Soviet authorities but denied by both the US Navy and the captain of K-219--though other reviews noted but did not take issue with this choice.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Victor-Pinho, Christopher (2001-08-12). "Book Review: Hostile Waters". HistoryNet. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  2. ^ Standish, Carol. "June Book Review". www.maineharbors.com. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
  3. ^ Brooks, Thomas (1997-10-01). "Book Reviews". U.S. Naval Institute. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
  4. ^ Purcell, Fabian (April 1998). "Hostile Waters". Journal of Military and Veterans' Health. 7 (1).